"This quote is often used to point out that things rarely are over, but typically transition to other states of being."

The caterpillar thinks it's dying because it won't exist anymore. The outside perspective of the master knows that the caterpillar is not ending, but just transitioning to something different (a butterfly).

 

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam…And for a brief moment it’s glory and beauty belong to our world…But then it flies again…And though we wish it could have stayed we feel blessed to have seen it.

TOUCHED BY A BUTTERFLY

Dear butterfly,

Majestic monarch of the sky,

holder of universal secrets and reasons

why,color my canvas, touch my heart

before I die, to live in joy, teach me how

never to say good-bye.

As you flutter by, you hear me sigh,

things missed because I forgot to try,

on your serene beauty I can rely,

oh what celestial magic you do supply.

Once you did struggle to be free,

you turned your life around to show me,

amazing my angel how you heard my

plea, you've cocooned my mind so I can

see.

Lets fly together both as one,

and sore beyond time, once upon,

our silken wings God has spun,

Souls entwined, our infinite journey has

just begun.

by: Michael Levy

         My Beautiful Butterfly      

         R.I.P (10-13-77- 08-26-08)         

Forever Loved...Forever 30...Forever Missed... but Never, Ever Forgotten 

Love, mom