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Metamorphosis
| Guest post by: Ruben Guzman |
Article Overview: Just how does a caterpillar become a butterfly? And, how do we transform our lives in the same way? When we understand the truth of how a caterpillar transforms, we can draw powerful parallels into our own lives.
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Metamorphosis
When its time arrives, the
caterpillar moves to a distant branch and begins to spin its cocoon. The cocoon is the safe haven for the
caterpillar to undergo the process of metamorphosis. Once the cocoon is completed, the caterpillar
doesn’t just change like a tadpole becomes a frog – reabsorbing its tail and
growing its legs. No. The caterpillar must undergo a complete meltdown. The entire caterpillar literally dissolves
into a mass of cells – a liquid goop.
Once the meltdown is complete, certain specific cells, called imago
cells, which contain the “image” of the future butterfly, begin to
differentiate and organize the goop into an entirely new life form, a new structure
– the butterfly! Once this process is
completed, the butterfly must now emerge from the cocoon. To do this, it must create an opening so that
it can wriggle out of the cocoon.
Interestingly enough, the longer the struggle to emerge from the cocoon,
the longer the butterfly will live.
After the butterfly has emerged, it must gently open its wings and dry
them out. Then it is ready to fly!
For us as human beings, we
can potentially go through several “metamorphoses” in our lifetime. The process is just like that of the
caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Once our “time” has come where we begin to
recognize that our lives need to radically change, we begin to separate
ourselves so that we can create our “cocoon” – our safe haven. We may even have several of them. This is where we can allow ourselves to
experience our “meltdowns” and get to “nothing.” We become essentially unrecognizable, even to
ourselves. Once this happens, we can
then begin to identify the image of what we wish to emerge as – a new life form
– a complete transformation! We then
begin the work of constructing ourselves consistently with this new image. But, we still need to emerge! And this is the struggle. If we stay focused and endure, then we can
truly fly and endure as a new butterfly – a new life!
Ruben J Guzman, 2008
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About the Author: Ruben Guzman RSS for Ruben's articles - Visit Ruben's website Ruben J. Guzman, M.P.H. coaches leaders and their organizations in leadership effectiveness and maximizing their energy, productivity and profitability. Working with Coach Ruben in his programs, leaders gain new effectiveness in communication and leadership capacity, and employees gain access to life-changing behaviors, increased energy, and improved physical, emotional and mental capacity to work. Organizations gain a workforce that is fully engaged, aligned with fulfilling their mission and vision. Coach Ruben is an award-winning speaker, trainer, transformational business coach and consultant. He has an extensive education and diverse background in business, leadership, sports and health. Having personally lost over 50 pounds of fat in 1995, he completely transformed his own health and fitness and has been fit ever since! Coach Ruben is committed to empowering business leaders in being healthy and balanced, as well as powerful in their leadership and communication. He is also committed to empowering entire organizations in being healthy, balanced and productive as a foundation for increased profitability. Click here to visit Ruben's website   Why do we struggle The Five Powerful Practices Five steps to making a Powerful Apology Four Levels of Coachability Creating Breakthroughs in Business |
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