Today, I want to talk to you about butterflies.<\/p>\n
Here’s the deal.<\/strong> The caterpillar basically eats as many\u00a0leaves as it possibly can\u00a0and then wraps itself up in a\u00a0chrysalis. Then, tiny things called „imaginal disks“ (seriously, that’s what biologists call them) begin to form. These disks contain butterfly DNA.<\/p>\n Stick with me you guys, I am totally going somewhere with this.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Once the caterpillar’s immune system detects what it perceives to be a foreign genome, it tries to destroy the arising imaginal disks. But they keep coming stronger and faster, and eventually the caterpillar’s immune system fails from\u00a0stress. The caterpillar’s body breaks down into a mushy mess, and\u00a0the imaginal disks use it to build a butterfly.<\/p>\n I tell you this because\u00a0<\/strong> The person you are becoming is too awesome\/gorgeous\/brilliant\/ Life demands that we\u00a0trust there is something begging to be born through us. That we let go of useless\u00a0beliefs + ways of being we used to consider our identity, and burn up in the fire of our own creation. And that we\u00a0allow<\/strong>\u00a0it to happen, even when we can’t see around the next corner.<\/p>\n Y’all know my favorite place to burn up is in the cauldron of sweat we call the dance floor. But I don’t care where you do it, as long as you do. The world wants you, friend. The biggest, most audacious,\u00a0no-holds-barredest version.<\/p>\n
\nKnow what a caterpillar has in common with a butterfly?
\nNothing. \u00a0<\/em>
\nStructurally, genetically\u2014they are completely different animals.<\/p>\n
\n1. People are constantly asking\u00a0what the deal is with my\u00a0tattoo<\/a>.
\n2. Humans go through the same thing (but not just once).<\/p>\n