Living With Lupus: Issue 9

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“Metamorphosis has always been the greatest symbol of change for poets and artists. Imagine that you could be a caterpillar one moment and a butterfly the next.”

“To all the broken-hearted and anyone feeling sad, may your hearts heal, and may you feel happy in your lives. Flutter as the butterflies do.” – Krystal Read

– Louie Schwartzberg

“A great beginning is sometimes at the point of what you thought would be the end of everything.”

Metamorphosis “Butterflies are nature’s tragic heroes. They live most of their lives being completely ordinary. And then, one day, the unexpected happens. They burst from their cocoons in a blaze of colors and become utterly extraordinary. It is the shortest phase of their lives, but it holds the greatest importance. It shows us how empowering change can be.”

Inching along the earth crunching, munching on misfortune until pain wrapped itself like a cocoon -a castle outside the rooms of a hardened heart. Drowning, surely dying in the dark. Only to emerge from the womb reborn from a tomb of self-inflicted wounds transformed by the Divine spark. With wings of vibrant color carrying the evidence of change arrayed like a roadmap dotted with places been and places going.

Justin Farley

“Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine.”

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“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Flapping with the wings of grace embraced by the breeze of blessing a chrysalis replaced, made anew by the Spirit's pressing.

– Kelseyleigh Reber

– Jeffrey Glassberg

– Dodinsky

A butterfly symbolizes the acceptance of each new phase in life. To keep the faith as everything around you changes. – Lisa Kleypas

“I think that positivity, real positivity, is like the butterflies. Caterpillar, cocoon, winged creature. When I look at it, I not only see a winged beauty, but I also see a strong beauty.” – C. JoyBell


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