Roughly 2 weeks ago I got a caterpiller, adding plenty of milkweed it was placed carefully in a clear container and when I awoke the next morning it had wrapped itself in its chrysalis, topped off with a beautiful gold thread towards the top.

A couple of days ago, the butterfly emerged from it’s chrysalis, took a few hours to dry its wings and get its bearings before flying off with a degree of grace that would make you think that it had flown many times before.

I know that the chrysalis experience has been used for eons to describe change and metamorphosis but what truly captured my attention this time was 2 points regarding, not the degree of change, but the circumstances under which the change was made.

1. The chrysalis was smaller than I could imagine the caterpillar could have fit into, and yet not only did it fit but it made such a drastic transformation in this tiny space. When we modern humans look for change we so often seek a new, spacious and comfortable place or method to do so but history tells us that many historical figures became who they were by limiting their circumstances, rather than seeking escape. For ourselves and those we assist, do we look for the escape route first or is there something we need to do within the current circumstances before moving on?

2. Then there was the waiting. For about 10 days there seemed to be no movement or sign of change. I know I’m guilty, as an innovator, of thinking that unless I see the change then it’s not occurring or forgetting that change can be a slow process. I was reminded however, that in the lives of our clients that, so often, change occurs after a culmination of slight mind/action adjustments that then create an avalanche of change. The small mindset changes may be occurring from one day to the next but they are small and easily missed until that critical mass occurs and everything starts to fit into place.

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