Let me describe the above saying with the below mentioned instance:
A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home, so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. One day, a small opening appeared, and he sat still, watching for several hours, as the moth struggled to force its body through the little hole. 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 farther. It seemed to be stuck. Then, the man in his kindness, decided to help the moth.
So, he took a pair of scissors, and snipped (cut) off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily. But, it had a swollen body and small, shriveled (wrinkled) wings. The man continued to watch the moth, because he expected, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life, crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was, the restricting cocoon and the struggle, required for the moth to get through the tiny opening, were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth, into its wings, so it would be ready for flight, once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Freedom and flight would only come after the struggle. By depriving the moth of a struggle, the man deprived the moth of health.
The CA students many a times have to unexpectedly welcome the failure even though they had put in their heart and soul to sail through the exams. No matter what is the outcome, one should never relinquish his/her goal. And ..... if they have navigated anyhow without encountering the struggle, their rest of the life can be well compared with the life of the above mentioned moth.
Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, he would impair us. We would not be as strong, as what we could have been.
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