CATERPILLARS AND TADPOLES

SOMETIMES WHEN WE TRY TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE SIMPLEST THINGS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. THE OTHER DAY WHILE WATCHING TV A SIMPLE CARTOON MADE A LESSON COME TO LIFE.

THE CARTOON WAS ABOUT A CATERPILLAR THAT THOUGHT SHE WAS SO UGLY. WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE WOULD SOMEDAY BE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND HER LIFE WOULD CHANGE IN A MARVELOUS WAY. ALL SHE COULD DO WAS BRAG. SHE WENT AROUND THE POND BRAGGING AND EVERYONE TOLD HER HOW GREAT IT WAS THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD BE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL.

WHEN SHE CAME TO THE TADPOLE SHE BRAGGED AND HE WAS SO JEALOUS. HE BOMBARDED HER WITH QUESTIONS. HOW, WHEN AND CAN YOU BE SURE. SHE ANSWERED THEM ALL IN A VERY PROUD WAY. HE BECAME OBSESSED WITH HER STORY AND QUESTIONED HER OVER AND OVER. SO SHE SAID JUST WATCH, AND AND I WILL SHOW YOU. SHE BEGAN SPINNING A CACOON AS HE ASKED WHY, SHE TOLD HIM JUST TO WATCH. SOON SHE FINISHED HER JOB AFTER SHE TOLD THE TADPOLE THAT SHE WOULD RETURN SOON. SHE DISAPPEARED INSIDE. HE WATCHED AND WATCHED AND WAITED ON HER DAILY TO RETURN.

FINALLY THE DAY CAME AND SHE EMERGED AND AS SHE HAD PREDICTED SHE WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HE HAD IMAGINED AND HER LIFE HAD CHANGED. NOW SHE COULD FLY AND SHE FLEW GRACEFULLY AROUND AND AROUND SHOWING OFF. THE TADPOLE HAD NEVER IMAGINED THAT SHE WOULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO CHANGED . HE WAS SO HAPPY THAT HE JUMPED UP ON THE BANK.

HOW DID I DO THAT? HE ASKED AND HE LOOKED DOWN , HE HAD LEGS. WHERE DID THESE COME FROM?. HE HAD BEEN SO CONSUMED WITH THE CATERPILLAR AND HER CHANGE HE HAD NOT EVEN NOTICED THAT HE HAD CHANGED TO AND HIS LIFE WOULD BE CHANGING BECAUSE HE HIMSELF HAD CHANGED . NOW HE WAS ON THE LAND AND ABLE TO JUMP AROUND AND LIVE A WHOLE NEW LIFE.

SOMETIMES WE BECOME SO CONSUMED WITH HOW OTHERS ARE CHANGING AND SO JEALOUS THAT WE DON'T NOTICE THAT WE ARE LOSING OUR TAILS. THAT OUR CHANGES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE. THAT IF WE LOOK MORE AT OURSELVES THAT WE WOULD REALIZE THAT OUR JOURNEY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE PEOPLE WE ADMIRE. THAT WE ARE GROWING LEGS THAT WILL SET US FREE IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.