"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood". 

Helen Keller

Life's process of teaching us to fly

A man found cocoon of a butterfly. One day a samll opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force it's body through that 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.  Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watched the butterfly because he excpected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened.  In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of it's life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.  It was never able to fly. 

LIFE TEACHES US TO FLY.....

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into it's wings so that it would be ready for the flight once it achieved it's freedom from the cocoon. 

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been, and we could never FLY.....

If you seek any of the services I offer, my role is to provide you with support system and coping skills to help you through the struggles of life, so you become strong and independent until you CAN  learn to FLY.

Helen

General Message:

If you feel down and depressed and have thoughts of harming yourself, please take a moment and think again. Don't ever forget even for a day how very special you are.  Please seek help. 

If these thoughts are seldom, call me and lets take the first step towards change and recovery.  

CHANGE DOES HAPPEN.

However, if thoughts of harming yourself are combined with plan of action, please contact either 911, or one of the following agencies:

Empact Crisis Line: 480-784-1500

Value Option: 602-222-9444

Samaritan Help Line: 602-254-4356