Flapping those wings
As your garden basks in the grand African sun at this time of year , you may occasionally find yourself pausing to marvel at those “ flying flowers ” around you as they flutter with elegance from blossom to blossom . We all delight in the beauty of a butterfly .
While treating us to their splendour , we tend to forget that every butterfly symbolises renewal . We rarely acknowledge the changes it has undergone to achieve such poise and beauty .
Their path to your garden was preceded by a process called metamorphosis , as our natural science teacher once explained . This is a Greek word that means “ transformation ”. Slightly more than a month before , every butterfly in your garden was an egg the size of the full stop at the end of this sentence , laid on the underside of certain leaves .
Butterflies often fascinate us . Discover how to bridge the divide between your current state and your potential , preventing stagnation . In this piece , Louis Fourie , founding partner of the Regarding my Life programme , explains how butterflies can be your muse , inspiring a path of constant evolution and rejuvenation , ensuring a life of continuous growth .
From this egg emerged a caterpillar , which quickly began feasting and grew from barely noticeable to a six-centimetrelong worm in just two weeks , shedding its skin several times along the way . This little worm then turned into a green , nut-like pupa , inside of which astonishing changes occurred over the
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