| Seventy-three dead butterflies. This is the number of | | | | an increased morbidity rate. |
| deceased 'morphed' caterpillars I saw that lay dead | | | | As we embrace a metamorphosis whether a career |
| on the side of the road as I rode my hybrid bicycle | | | | change, a choice to change tack in life, a personal |
| during a recent summer-time aerobic workout. I can't | | | | reformation in dealing with a troublesome habit, or to |
| say conclusively if that was the exact number, but it | | | | turn our social circle upside down, there are risks that |
| occurred to me there were a lot flying around, but a | | | | have to be considered. Change involves inherent risk. |
| lot dead too. | | | | We sink or swim. |
| They seemed to be so haplessly and errantly flying | | | | The last thing we want to do in selecting change is |
| into the path of oncoming vehicles. It was carnage! | | | | die some cruel outcome. Change involves both the |
| Not long back these creatures were entirely safe (at | | | | excitement of the unexpected and the new, and it |
| least regarding the particular environmental risk) in an | | | | certainly requires courage, commitment and a plan. |
| entirely different state; that of the caterpillar. | | | | Change by all means, and do it with the best intent; |
| Flying might be a graceful and liberating prospect for | | | | do it also in wisdom having carefully calculated the |
| the caterpillar, but the joy is short lived as evidenced | | | | costs and the benefits. |
| by the hit rate. | | | | We should not crash 'n' burn in seeking to address a |
| I got to thinking about the process of change in life | | | | key issue in our lives. |
| and the risks of changing and how that often creates | | | | |