In insects, cocooning is a process whereby they mature, grow from being soft, vulnerable beings to becoming what they are truly destined to be. In humans though, cocooning is a process whereby the reverse occurs. From being innocent, loving, pure beings to obstinate, paranoid, bitter, self-doubting, hurtful humans, we are transformed by cocoons of our own experiences.
We cocoon ourselves not to grow and evolve, but to protect and distance ourselves from all that we assume to be harmful, bad or simply anything that we are not comfortable with. We weave our cocoons with bitter emotions caused by failures, frustrations and disappointments that stem in one way or the other from love, life, work, business, relationships, society and what not!
Unlike the silky strands of a butterfly’s cocoon, our sheaths are all made of self-doubt, paranoia, hatred, negativity, intolerance, bitterness and enmity, each of which is an unbreakable strand like steel. Few, if ever, break out of their bitter cocoons and be what they are destined to be truly.
Alas, if only we could all become aware of the strands that form our cocoons!
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