A winged visitor


This lovely creature greeted and graced us with its presence this Wednesday morning when Izel and I went to look at the garden!

Butterflies are my favorite and of course it inspired this post...

Butterflies are one of the most amazing creatures in the insect kingdom... they don't live very long lives, some as short as 6 days while others can live as long as a year...yet butterflies have the most amazing transformation ever!

They start out as eggs, then become caterpillars, then they emerge from their chrysalis into a beautiful winged creature the butterfly.

Butterflies are a reminder to us that our lives may or may not last long but that we have to go through life and transform into something more that we are at first...to learn our lessons, to grow stronger, to break free from what imprisons us and be an inspiration to others.

It is also a reminder to us that no matter how hard things may be, there is always something greater to look forward to.

A blessed and transformational Wednesday to all and may we transform into the most butterflies we were all meant to transform into!

On a special note, today is the birthdate of our beloved National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal. He is a great example of a butterfly who overcame all his adversities and became an inspiration to others with his life. Interestingly, he was also a butterfly collector and often used the butterfly in his stories...coincidence or not, I believe today's visitor is nothing ordinary, because after all nothing in nature is ordinary when you see the beauty in it.

And I end this post with a quote from the man who loved butterflies, loved our language and our nation and was willing to die for it.

" One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again. " ~ Jose Rizal

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