lookie what I found

spinning itself into a chrysalis on my bougainvillea in the backyard. I was so thankful to catch it pre-wrap, so now I can witness and document its transformation! I feel like I’m in second grade again, monitoring our butterfly garden.

 

it’s always marvelous to me that these insects change from one thing into something entirely different. from one day only being able to crawl to another having wings to fly. it makes me feel like people too, can grow into something more beautiful. maybe it’s just a matter of knowing when it’s your time to take the reigns and morph into a better version of all that’s already inside of you. 

I always thought the time for new butterflies was more prevalent in the springtime, but seeing this guy as fall approaches just kind of signifies to me that it’s not when everyone else thinks you should be ready, but knowing yourself when it’s really time. I feel this caterpillar and I have something in common in that way. and who knows, maybe this soon-to-be butterfly will do and see things so differently than all the other butterflies because of the time he chose to change. maybe he’s experienced more as a caterpillar that will better prepare him to be a butterfly. maybe he’s discovered fall is a better time to change for some reason or another. maybe. or maybe he’s just a caterpillar doing what they do. 

as for me, it’s fall and I choose now to cocoon myself and meditate on all that i’ve experienced as a caterpillar and prepare to apply it to my new life as a butterfly. because I am so ready to fly.