A Butterfly Tale

A Butterfly Tale...

Entangled - A lesson in love.

Written by Melissa Zartman

Written by Melissa Zartman, 2014

Once upon a time, A beautiful, White, Female, Butterfly spent her days flying from petel to petal of every flower she could find.

One day, she landed on an enormous flower petal, and to her surprise, perched inches away from her was a much larger, and darker, beautiful black, male, butterfly.

Once the two beautiful butterflies saw each other, they chose to stop flying from petal to petal and sit happily and still next to each other so excited to have met!

Complete joy and happiness from being together sparked an idea from the new found friends... to choose to fly around the petals of the world together and not solo anymore.

The pair flew so close together and shared all their fun petal hopping.

For days they were inseperable.

The Beautiful White Butterfly and the Magestic Black Butterfly were in LOVE.

The magnificent and happy couple were blind to their love for each other.

One day, they found the Reverend Hummingbird sitting nearby and asked her to attach their wings together so they could never be apart again.

So excited to fly higher and farther, because now they shared each others’ wings!

Making them bigger, faster, and stronger than ever before!

For awhile, the majestic pair flew higher and further together than they ever had flown or traveled alone.

Together they saw the biggest trees, the most daring petals on mountain tops, and together they were unstoppable!

Life was good.

One day, flying high near the mountain top flower petals, the beautiful white butterfly snagged her wing on a thorn, and could no longer flap her wings...

The majestic black butterfly without hesitation flew for them both.

And for a long while he did... waiting and hoping her wing would heal...

The once very independent, beautiful white butterfly loved how safe she was and soon realized in her contentment she had forgotten how to fly on her own.

Her beautiful wings would no longer flap on their own...

The majestic black butterfly was becoming tired and weary of flying for both of them.

Slowly over time his black wings were fading to a dreary shade of grey.

Even the once brilliant white butterfly’s wings were turning into a pale yellow...and then it happened...

The once magnificent pair of butterflies were no longer able to fly..

They were grounded.

Stuck to a lilac bush.

The butterflies still loved each other, but both of them longed for the days they flew on their own.

To pass the time they shared stories with each other of the journies they had before they became one flying team...

Days, maybe weeks went by...

To their surprise, a small child showed up nearby their lilac bush.

She was playing with a butterfly net, and at first they began to worry...

The child continued dancing around the yard with her butterfly net.

She saw the tiny creatures struggling to fly and get away, so she put down her net and she ever so gently untangled their wings and watched and waited...

It was A miracle!

The butterflies were FREE! Free to flap their wings.

Their renewed sense of independence created a surge of joy and happiness and the bold, beautiful, majstic colors came flooding back into their little wings once again!

The majestic black butterfly, and the brilliant white butterfly are still flying high in the sky, and visiting flower petals all over the world.

The most important lesson is that they learned that true happiness comes from being able to fly on their own...

Each one has their freedom, and this time they choose to fly on their own; never to be entangled again...

Meditate on...Independence.