A Butterfly Visited My Home

I opened my door. Right on top near the lights, I saw a beautiful big brown butterfly in my house.

It was immobile, seemingly gauging its new environment, its new home, I thought. It remained so for 3 days, exactly in the same place, out of my hands reach and in the same position.

I thought to myself “Oh dear loved one, why don’t you move a musicle? Are you hungry? Are your tired? Are you lonely? Have you given up? Can I come up to you and touch you?” Oh! Nobody needs an explanation about an overthinking mind. Aint it?

Today I saw it on the floor, right under my feet, in the middle of our walking pathway. I shuddered to think of the possibility as to what could have happened and could happen if left in the same place!?

Memories flashed of the countless books and articles that literally shouted to me that a butterfly can exist just for a day. 24hours it had all said. But I saw this beauty in my home alive, well and recuperating, building its flight muscles for 3 whole days. Time to rewire our ‘knowledge’?

The moment I carried it to the window and placed it, within one fraction of a second it flew away high in the air, out of my sight which I watched in total astonishment!

What have you come to teach me, oh butterfly?

What can I comprehend?

That humans have very little knowledge about u?

That humans have very little knowledge about your species?

What about their own species? Do humans know?

Its all so mystic and yet so profound for me. The feeling of freedom is an ultimate need for a life.

That the ultimate gift one can give to their loved one is to allow them their independence, their freedom without having to curb or control their dreams, wishes and movements. A far cry to current reality in the human relationship dynamic.

We all wait to be liberated. Wait to be free. Yet it is so elusive.

Thank you my dear butterfly for teaching me this.