Live. Change. Grow. Repeat.

One of the joys of being in charge of your own podcast is being able to interview people and pick your topics.

This week's solo episode for Animals, Nature, and You was titled, "The Primordial Goop That Becomes a Butterfly" - if you haven't listened or watched, I recommend you do; its fascinating stuff. (Hyper links will take you to th eaudio, video is below)

As fascinating as it is, it has always served as a good reminder that sometimes growth (and thus, life) looks like a complete deconstruction, and loss of everything, before it becomes its full and complete self. And yes, this post is about what happens in the chrysalis, but it also isn't about what happens in the chrysalis. It may also be about how nature can remind us to have perspective.

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I will not go into great detail here, but it's worth noting the last 6 years of my life have been monumentally filled with change. I know I am not alone in experiencing compounding loss and dealing with grief. I know I am not alone in having one's life shaken up like a snow-globe in the hands of a toddler enjoying a full sugar-rush. And because I know I am not alone in that, I think it is worth sharing with others that there are wonderful lessons found in nature that can allow us an opportunity to reflect and contemplate our own experiences. One of life's only guarantees is change and with that we must grow to keep living life. Sometimes that means spending time in a the hard protective exoskeleton of a chrysalis. But just like the butterfly, we eventually need to honor our growth by leaving the chrysalis.