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The man didn’t know that it was the very act of forcing<br />
her body through the tiny hole in the cocoon which would<br />
push all the fluid from her stomach into her wings. Without<br />
that external pressure, the stomach would always be<br />
swollen and the wings would always be shriveled.<br />
In life, too frequently, we avoid the challenges, looking for<br />
the easy way out. We look for people who will “cut our<br />
cocoons,” so that we never have to work and push our<br />
way through anything. However, little do we realize that<br />
it is going through those times of difficulty which prepare<br />
us for the road ahead. The obstacles in our path are God’s<br />
way of making us able to fly. With every bit of pushing<br />
and struggling, our wings become fuller and fuller.<br />
So frequently, people come to me and say, “Oh, why has<br />
God given me so much strife. Why has He put so many<br />
obstacles in my path? Why is He punishing me?” We must<br />
realize these are not punishments. Sure, karma plays a<br />
large role in what we receive in this lifetime, but even the<br />
things that seem like “bad” karma, are actually opportunities<br />
for growth. Even an extra small hole to squeeze<br />
through is actually an opportunity for our wings to expand<br />
to great lengths.<br />
So, let us learn to take our challenges for what they are,<br />
rather than looking around for a “different” hole, or for<br />
someone with a pair of scissors. These things may help us<br />
quickly through the cocoon, but we will be unable to fly in<br />
life.<br />
GOD’S WIFE<br />
A small, impoverished boy was standing barefoot on the<br />
New York City streets, looking wistfully in the window of<br />
a shoe store. A well-dressed woman saw him and asked him,<br />
“Why are you looking so solemnly in this window?” The small<br />
boy looked up at her and replied, “I am asking God to please<br />
give me a pair of shoes.”<br />
The woman took the boy’s small hand and led him into the<br />
shoe store, where she immediately asked the clerk for a<br />
bucket of warm water and 10 pairs of socks. Then, placing<br />
the boy’s dirty feet into the water, she tenderly washed<br />
them and then put a pair of warm socks on him. Then, she<br />
told the clerk to bring shoes for the boy.<br />
As they left the store, the boy’s small feet now snugly in a<br />
pair of new shoes, he clenched the woman’s hand and looked<br />
up into her eyes. “Are you God’s wife?” He asked.<br />
This story is not only a beautiful snippet from life in a big<br />
city. Rather it is a deep lesson about how to live our own<br />
lives. Instead of simply saying, “Oh, how sweet,” and moving<br />
on, let us really take this story to heart.<br />
How easy it is to pass by those less fortunate with a simple<br />
sigh of sympathy or with a token “aid,” perhaps a coin or<br />
two tossed in their direction. These small gestures of em-<br />
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