I’m giving you this butterfly because of what it means,
the amazing thing about butterflies is the way they get their wings.
See, butterflies start out as very different things,
each one enduring hardships, but to this hope it clings.
One day it will become, despite setbacks from the start,
no longer a nothing creature but the love inside its heart.
If by chance you see one, for that one brief moment pause,
and watch it floating by, remembering this, because,
You too are like the butterfly, having endured so many things,
making beauty out of heartache, turning obstacles into wings.
You truly are a miracle and I think that you should know,
It’s not the things that happen, but, how we learn to grow,
because…..
In the end what makes us beautiful and why,
is not the way we started, but in how we learned to fly.
© By R. Walsh Copyright 2002
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