29 You Want to be a Butterfly?

You Want to be a Butterfly?

I remember one day out walking. it was before I had my apple watch and I was wearing this little watch, not a costly thing at all, the strap was made of rubber. It was good when running, and walking light in weight and not accurate enough to have me trying to push to beat a deadline. It did not have any numerals on its face. It had a dot at the place where the 12 should be and that is it.

So most of my times end with an “ish”. This day I went walking and was enjoying stravaiging along in no particular hurry. Twice I remember glancing at this watch and thinking, “I can have a bit longer sitting here.”  When I headed back home, I was surprised to see the clock on the church tower. It was telling me a time I most certainly had not expected. I looked at my little watch, I had it on upside down.

Twice in the course of yesterday, I heard somebody complaining about his or her life. How long and boring the day was and every day was the same.

Another person complaining about the job they had, and how they longed for something better. I, on both occasions, looked at them and could not believe how young they were.  

   

The first time I bit my tongue and said nothing, the second time I said to the person, “If you want to become a butterfly. First, you have to stop wanting to be a caterpillar. You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.  Then I walked on, feeling terrible about having said that. He must have thought I was crazy.