today i read, "growth is painful. change is painful. but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong."
i don't feel stuck these days. i feel like i am learning to fly.
as i am learning to fly, i wanted to go back to my butterfly metaphor ... but then i decided that i wanted to write about moths. i think they get a bad rap.
what's the difference between a moth and a butterfly anyway? they are of the same species, they both go through complete metamorphosis, the are both winged creatures. but for some reason, butterflies are beautiful and moths are pests.
there are differences between them, and for each difference there is often an exception.
basic differences:
- moths are nocturnal, butterflies are not (except for the moths that are not)
- moths tend to rest with their wings open and butterflies rest with their wings up (unless they are sunning)
- butterfly antennae are wider at the tips and moth's are feathery.
- butterflies have more colourful wings ... usually
and if that wasn't complicated enough, there is another category of butterfly moths called skippers. skippers have the traits of both. they fly during the day, have antenna like a butterfly, have the colouring and fuzzy body of a moth, but hold their wings differently than both; they hold their forewings separately from their hindwings.
i have decided that i am a skipper - neither moth nor butterfly, spreading my wings at my own angle, not fitting neatly into one category or the other.
i am a skipper, learning to fly, practicing holding my wings.
i am different. i am different in that i am unique. and i am unique in that i am the same as everyone else. i think i stopped making sense there ... we are all human. we all have the same emotions. the same instincts. the same drives. i fit neatly into many a textbook description. but my sameness makes me who i am, and who i am is me. and there is only one of me.
are you a butterfly, a moth, or a skipper?
be kind to yourself,
xoxo
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