Thought Leadership

A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. On the day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to force the 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. It just seemed to be stuck. Then the man, in his kindness, decided to help the moth, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily.

But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected 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 little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the moth to get through the tiny opening was the way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Freedom and liberty only comes after the struggle. By depriving the moth of the struggle, he deprived the moth of that freedom.

Often, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a full chance, leave no room for regrets.

In life, it is crucially important to walk the talk. For most people, simply talking about things seems to fulfil them. Generally speaking, such people are called "gunna".... "I'm gunna do this or I'm gunna do that", which of course rarely if ever happens. Another way to know a gunna is their habitual reaction to a new idea someone is doing something about, by saying something like "Gee, I was gunna do that!"

Community and state leaders also show this despicable trait, by often telling others what they should do, but rarely if ever actually doing it themselves.

My advice is to help such people get out of their delusion... or if you cannot help them, then just avoid them.

So, how do we get ourselves to do the things we say we should, or tell others to do because it is the right thing, or a good thing? Here are some simple, easy but fundamentally important tips for walking the talk, at home, work, socially or just within yourself:

 And success is from God Almighty alone!