Lessons from the caterpillar

“It's kind of like a caterpillar, you know. You can't hold onto too tightly or else you'll kill it. And then you end up killing the thing you loved so much.”

“But what if I hold onto it too loosely and it slips out of my hand?”

“Then it's better than holding onto it too tightly and killing it. Don't suffocate it.”

“I don't want to loose it.”

“Just because you let it go doesn't mean you'll lose it. You'll find freedom. It's okay to hold on to something for dear life when it's selfless. But it's not okay to hold tightly onto it when it crosses the line of selfishness. And you know what else? If you let the caterpillar go, it'll turn into a butterfly.”

“The most beautiful butterfly.”

**moral of the story:: hold everything with an open hand**