If the caterpillar thinks about the butterfly it is to become, saying ‘And then I shall have wings and antennae,’ there will never be a butterfly. The caterpillar must accept its own disappearance in its transformation. When the marvelous butterfly takes wing, nothing of the caterpillar remains.
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Is Having a Sense of Belonging Important?
By Jennifer Wickham — 2019
We cannot separate the importance of a sense of belonging from our physical and mental health.
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