摘抄《The  Butterfly》

The Man and the Butterfly

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared.

一个男人发现了一只蝴蝶的茧。一天，茧上出现了一个小洞。

He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.

男人坐着，看着蝴蝶挣扎着用力让身体出那个小洞，看了几个小时。

Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

然后，蝴蝶似乎停止了任何进展。它似乎已经尽了全力，再也走不动了。

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

于是这个男人决定帮助蝴蝶。他拿出一把剪刀，把茧的剩余部分剪了下来。

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

然后，蝴蝶很容易就出来了。但它的身体肿胀，翅膀又小又皱。

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand and be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

这个男人继续观察着蝴蝶，因为他猜想，蝴蝶的翅膀随时都会变大、张开，能够支撑住身体，也能及时收缩。

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

这些都没有发生！事实上，这只蝴蝶的余生都在拖着臃肿的身体和萎缩的翅膀爬行。

It was never able to fly.

它永远不能飞。

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand:

这个男人在他的善良和草率中所不明白的是：

The restricting cocoon and the struggle required by the butterfly to get through the opening was a way of forcing the fluid from the body into the wings so that it would be ready for flight once that was achieved.

茧的限制和蝴蝶通过小洞所需要的挣扎，是一种迫使身体里的流体变成翅膀的方式，以便一旦挣脱出茧，它就可以为飞行作好准备。

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us. We will not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly.

有时候，奋斗正是我们生活中所需要的。没有困难历练的生活会使我们残废。我们将不能像我们本可以的那样强壮，我们将永远不会飞翔。

Engage yourself with all the hardships that come to you and prove the fact that you are able to overcome them all.

让自己面对所有碰到的困难，并证明你有能力克服所有困难。