I Can't Wait to See My Wings . . .

<p>I was walking one day and I almost stepped on a caterpillar. In that moment I decided to capture a photo of this interesting creature instead. Later I began to research the lifestyle of a caterpillar and the stages it goes through leading up to becoming a butterfly. I found it amazing the things a caterpillar endures just to morph into a butterfly such as the days spent crawling the earth in danger of being crushed; being continuously culturally degraded and frowned upon as a hideous creature; and then spending days of isolation in a cocoon with no means of defense against its surrounding habitat. After all those stages of growth the caterpillar blossoms into a beautiful butterfly. It’s quite ironic how we overlook the caterpillars but chase the butterflies. The difference in the view from the ground to the sky is amazing.</p>