We can attempt to resist, but we will suffer stress and difficulty.
You have to stop being a caterpillar in order to become a butterfly.
Change is not always a conscious decision. Change will occur,
inevitably.
We can choose to be active participants in change. (Or not, maybe.)
We go through stages of development, and butterflies are one stage
closer to death.
Risk avoidance is normal.
Change is often actively resisted.
Change is inevitable.
Caterpillars don’t like wings.
Caterpillars must hate flying, since they don’t try.
All of us have the capability to generate ideas and possibilities. Most of us
would agree that being a butterfly is a “higher existence” than
remaining a caterpillar. The story also links to some key learning points
on change. Any ideas?”
Try to elicit the following ideas:
Although we often resist change and risk, it is inevitable!
Change will occur. We can choose to be active participants and go
with the flow, or we can attempt to resist and suffer the stresses.
Each of us goes through many stages of development; it is a process
that occurs repeatedly, over time.
Our possibilities are endless! Choosing to change is an important part
of improvement.
“A while back, a man I know asked me, ‘Do you know about caterpillars
and butterflies?’ I said that I did not.
“He then shared a great quote that makes a wonderful transition to the
issue of personal and organizational change. He said, ‘In the change
from being a caterpillar to becoming a butterfly, you’re nothing more
than a yellow, gooey sticky mess.’”
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE^119