Dale et al. On this "balancing" reframe in LO10399 (which is good!),
I'd offer the story (again!) of the two caterpillars sitting on the
wagon and the butterfly flying by. The one caterpillar says to the
other, "You'll never get me up in one of those things."
After the chuckle, a discussion of the meaning will surprise people in
that there are over 40 different possible interpretations or frameworks
for understanding.
It's about resistance. It's about possibiliites and potential. It's
also about inevitability.
It's also about our Individual Failure (I admit, I was guilty!) to be
open to other ideas once we know "The Answer" to the riddle of how
things work. I discovered other possible interpretations by accident.
Like when the session participant added, "My mother was a moth." to the
discussion. I thought it was negative. On reflecting about it for a
month or so, I realize that it could ALSO be about individual
differences and the fact that we can not all be Einsteins, Ghandi's or
whatever BUT that we all DO have The Potential. Ever seen a Luna Moth?
Neat!
So, Ted Forbes calls me and we chat and he asks me if I know about
caterpillars and butterflies. I of course say NO. He says that the
transition is marked by change -- and there is only a yellow gooey
sticky mess during the process. Ooooooo. (goooooo?)
Then Diane Mashia gives me this yesterday,
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
God calls a butterfly."
Have some FUN out There!
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