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StrugglennA man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon.nnOn that day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to force the body through a little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck.nnThen the man, in his kindness, decided to help the moth, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.nnNeither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It was never able to fly. What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the moth to get through the tiny opening was natures way of forcing fluid from the body and into its wings so that it would be ready for flight.nnFreedom and flight would only come after the struggle. By depriving the moth of a struggle, he deprived the moth of its health and, by extension, it’s freedom.nnSometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.nnGive every opportunity a chance.