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Whenever, I find myself impatient / wanting to "speed up the process," I try to remind myself of this passage from Nikos Kazantzakis in Zorba
the Greek .. thought this was worth sharing again -
"I remembered one morning when I
discovered a cocoon in a bark of a tree, just as a butterfly was
making a hole in its case and preparing to come out. I waited
awhile, but it was too long appearing and I was impatient. I bent
over it and breathed on it to warm it. I warmed it as quickly as I
could and the miracle began to happen before my eyes, faster than
life.
The case opened, the butterfly started
slowly crawling out and I shall never forget my horror when I saw
how its wings were folded back and crumpled; the wretched butterfly
tried with its whole trembling body to unfold them. Bending over it
I tried to help it with my breath. In vain.
It needed to be hatched out patiently
and the unfolding of its wings should be a gradual process in the
sun. Now it was too late. My breath had forced the butterfly to
appear, all crumpled, before its time. It struggled desperately and,
a few seconds later, died in the palm of my hand.
The little body is, I do believe, the
greatest weight I have on my conscience, for I realize today that it
is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not
hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey
the eternal rhythm." |
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