I believe
there was a movie many years ago with the above title although I never saw it.
All my life I
have loved butterflies. When I was
little I collected the butterfly cards that came in the box of Red Rose
tea. As a teenager I saved articles and
pictures of butterflies when they came in the Saturday weekend magazine of the
newspaper. I’ve even painted butterflies
when I was in painting form.
Biology was my chosen science in high
school and when we learned about caterpillars, it’s life cycle of egg, caterpillar
(larva), pupa and butterfly fascinated me.
After I learned that a caterpillar turned into a butterfly I had so much
respect for them and would go out of my way not to harm them. Not being an ignoramus the butterfly analogy
in certain romantic novels did not escape me and yes, I am in danger of using
this trite comparison today.
Humans can be simple and they can be
complex but they all go through normal stages of life, infants, young
childhood, teenager, youth, adult, middle aged adult, and the elderly. However in today’s world of longevity the
phase from middle age to elderly is much longer and I think we are at that time
in history where we need to come up with another phase of life. We have heard the word Zoomers here in
Canada, I’ve also heard “Nexters” but both are too trendy for a life
phase. Post-middle age maybe.
Or perhaps we just avoid putting a label
on it and simply live it. Live it with
Zest, Verve, Enthusiasm, Delight. Move
in to a time where we experience true bliss.
We know who we are, we know what we love, we are still able to
accomplish the things that delight us.
We, the people.
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