Finding the treasure in our trials as we all know is easier said than done but we must not forget that the trials of life are far less important than how one deals with them, probably why I believe so strongly in change, moving forward and evolving. As members may have noticed the group's privacy was changed from Open to close and now secret.. the implication is huge in that to the 2 billion facebook members who are not members of the group, we do not exist, I will not speculate as to the reason why it was changed. All we can do now is damage limitation, learn from our experience and change.
Resisting change opens up the chances of change being forced on you. Lets look at change in it's simplest and natural form: We are all changing every day, whether we know it or not. We can dread these changes and deny them, or we can accept these changes and bask in the glory of them. We can accept change and we can be willing to make a change for the beautiful. Instead of dreading change, we can welcome change. We don’t have to fear it. Change is natural, desirable, and is impossible to avoid anyway. So why not make the choice to change? When we make that positive choice, our intention of transformation is exciting. What enlightenment can we experience through our process of metamorphosis, and in transformation, what beautiful beings will we become? PERCEPTION is not immune to natural forces of change. Members After a period of some unforeseen circumstances things seem to be settling down a bit so I think it is time to open up our PERCEPTION SOCIAL MEDIA - MEMBERS ONLY FORUM (PERCEPTION) to be the open forum that it was.
I promised you some time ago there are going to be a few changes so that we can keep the Social Media section of Perception Global media group dynamic and continue to fulfil our tasks as stipulated by the mission statement of Perception. The first order of business is that we are required by Facebook to delete all members and start again. Please I am sorry for this inconvenience and I want to plead with you to encourage all friends and members who are deleted to re-join Perception Social Media Forum. (PERCEPTION) Everybody is going to be admitted so there is nothing wrong except that deleted members just have to go through the formality of rejoining. Should anyone have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me or one of the other admins.
Metamorphosis is a Greek word meaning “transformation or change of shape,” noting different stages of development in the life history of an organism. Consider the amazing change — complete metamorphosis — that the common caterpillar goes through in order to become a magnificent butterfly. A butterfly has humble beginnings, starting out as a tiny, fragile egg. From this tiny speck of a pearl hatches a caterpillar, whose sole purpose in life is to eat. To grow. To change. Increasing in size rapidly, it outgrows and sheds its skin several times. When fully grown, it transforms into a chrysalis, protected by its hard outer shell. It lingers in this stage of development from two weeks to two years, depending on the species of butterfly. Within the mundane-looking chrysalis, miraculous changes are occurring. Special cells that were already present in the caterpillar are now growing quickly. These cells become legs, eyes and wings. Finally, the chrysalis cracks and from it emerges a grand and glorious butterfly.
The caterpillar is patient, knowing it would one day be a butterfly. It does not yearn to be what it was not. It is not jealous of other butterflies. Restrained by its very, very slow movement, it can not travel far. Yet, it is not frustrated or restless. It did not long to fly away. The caterpillar is content in its steady but slow progress, confident that one day it would fulfil its destiny as a butterfly. Its sole purpose is only to nourish itself in order to grow. It does not worry, anxiously fearing it might not bud wings to fly. The caterpillar is naturally becoming what it would be: a beautiful butterfly.
A caterpillar is not envious or resentful of the butterfly, for it knows it will be a butterfly when its time has come. It is persistent in its growth and in its process of change. It does not doubt its future magnificence. The caterpillar does not feel inferior and insecure, anxiously awaiting its new form. The emerging butterfly is not any less beautiful for having spent time as a crawling creature. It does not regret, have remorse, shame or guilt for its time as a caterpillar. The butterfly does not question its ability to fly and its right to be what it has become.
Like the caterpillar, our purpose as humans is to learn, experience, grow and change. Perhaps we are slow learners, and perhaps we may have needed much experience to grow and transform. We may have remained in our caterpillar stage a very, very long time. But miraculous changes did occur! What was already within us allowed us to grow amazing, strong wings. I have confidence that we are all just butterflies in the making, Africa is a butterfly in the making some transforming quickly, some slowly.
As Africans we're resting on a leaf,
basking in the glory of our being,
enjoying the warmth of the sun.
Our wings are still small and wet.
We're getting ready to fly freely.
And as we fly, we'll carry the message with us
that unbeknownst to the rest of mankind, unbeknownst to Africans
WE are becoming a beautiful butterfly, too,
WE are becoming a butterfly too,
PERCEPTION is becoming a butterfly too.
Let no one tell you otherwise.
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