Calling All Butterflies

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, 

and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, 

he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

                         

                                                             - Henry David Thoreau

Calling All Butterflies

Calling all butterflies

Far and near

All is okay

Let go of the fear

I am a butterfly

I am free

I am fearless 

I am me

Join me in bliss

Laugh and be free

Soar in the clouds

Flow through the trees

I am a butterfly

I am free

I am fearless 

I am me

Rejoice in the light

In the love that surrounds

All is well

Everything is right

I am a butterfly

I am free

I am fearless 

I am me

Elevate your heart 

Think only of love

We are meant to feel close

Not far, far apart

I am a butterfly

I am free

I am fearless 

I am me

Put on your wings

That are rightfully yours

They are right there beside you

They are yours, they are yours!

I am a butterfly

I am free

I am fearless 

I am me

Your wings are waiting for you

To open your eyes

Slip them on, you can do it

Come with me, fly the skies

I am a butterfly

I am free

I am fearless 

I am me

Calling all butterflies

Come out to play

Experience the joy 

That is here to stay

by 

Liz Nogueiro

Imagine, that we all start out as caterpillars, exactly the same, all of us born with a spark within, capable of manifesting into a beautiful butterfly.  Some caterpillars arrive with a deep sense of knowing - knowing innately that our purpose set forth by the universe is to curl up into a cocoon and emerge as butterfly.  Some seem to just appear as butterflies from the start, but that's not true...it's just that their cocoon stage progresses so quickly that the rest of us don't even notice.  These butterflies, full of grace and freedom, soar majestically above the caterpillars, tempting and encouraging them to join them in the clouds.  But that is all they can do because the caterpillars must decide on their own, they cannot be forced into that cocoon. 

Some of the caterpillars are enticed right away and immediately follow the lead of the butterflies.  Some may take a bit longer but eventually they, too, transform into amazing butterflies.  And there are those caterpillars who watch the butterflies with longing, desiring greatly to become butterflies but not knowing how to go about it.  These caterpillars never quite embrace the caterpillar life - somewhere deep inside, they know that they, too, are meant to be butterflies.  

Others are perfectly content being caterpillars, becoming angered and annoyed by any of the other caterpillars who dare to dream of becoming butterflies.  They do whatever they can to discourage them from pursuing this dream.  These caterpillars are perfectly happy being ordinary.  Still others, well...they don't even notice the butterflies.

The ordinary caterpillars have set boundaries and restrictions for themselves and expect all other caterpillars to follow suit.  They are threatened, fearful and intimidated by the graceful fluidity and ease of the incredible butterflies and deep down do not believe that they are worthy or deserving of this privilege.  They believe it's impossible for them, something that only happens to certain special caterpillars.  

The other group of caterpillars, the ones who feel the spark of the butterfly within, stare up at the magical, colorful butterflies, who seem full of peace and love and joy, and know that the possibility of this amazing transformation is possible.  They know it deep in their little caterpillar soul and start to search for a way to get there.  Some figure it out right away, others take longer - every caterpillar has a different journey.  But that's okay because eventually they all become beautiful butterflies, each one with their own individual colors and pattern.

And there are some that try to be caterpillars for a very long time, even though they know something's not right.  They continue on the same path as all of the other ordinary caterpillars, trying to fit in and enjoy being a caterpillar.  But for them, it just doesn't work.  They become depressed, sad, unfulfilled and miserable.  If they still don't feel motivated to figure it out, they start to shut down and fade away.  They become very sick.  Some die.  Others finally see the light, that spark of the butterfly within and crawl into a warm cocoon and emerge victorious.  But there are some caterpillars who go into their cocoon and become so terrified of being alone in the dark that they get stuck there and can't get out.  What they don't realize is that the fear is keeping them in that cocoon...all they have to do is let go of the fear.  Once they do this, they are free to emerge into the light, a glorious butterfly soaring among all of the other beautiful butterflies.

Once the caterpillar becomes a butterfly, there is no going back - and why would they want to?  The caterpillars left behind try to get them to come back to caterpillar-land.  The butterfly tries to encourage the caterpillars to see the butterfly spark inside their own little caterpillar soul but many will resist, too afraid of the unknown, terrified to try something new.

But that's okay because the butterfly will keep trying.  Because the butterfly spark is in every single caterpillar and it is their birth right to become a butterfly.  The butterfly proclaims to the caterpillars below:

"I'm calling all butterflies, I'm rounding them up.  Whether you are a caterpillar searching for something more out of life or a caterpillar stuck in your cocoon of fear, I'm talking to you.  Yes, yes, you heard me correctly...I'm talking to YOU!"

Do you hear the call of the butterfly?