The Beginning

Writing a blog is perhaps the scariest thing I have ever done. It’s frightening because you are literally allowing strangers to enter into your life. I guess it depends on how open you are about some things, but still that can be a bit intimidating. So I guess the following question might be, then why do it? Well here is the thing. Over the past couple of months I have been seriously reflecting on all the things I have gone through. I thought to myself, there are many out there who perhaps could benefit from me sharing my stories. Maybe someone can feel relief, and (I am sincerely hoping this) someone can find hope! Throughout my blog I will use a lot of references about my beliefs. I am Mormon (btw). Here is a website if you want to learn more (http://mormon.org/eng/) I do want to apologize beforehand if at any given point I do sound preachy that is not what this is for at all. I’m here rather to tell my story and hope someone out there is ready to listen.

Here is the nerd in me; I actually researched quite a bit on what I would call my blog!  I wanted to make it captivating and meaningful. I brainstormed on what would be the main focus of my blog. Then it came to me 

EVOLUTION!

Before I used to think evolution and this image would would come to mind.  

However what's really Evolution? For me evolution is more than the physical aspect of it. Although evolution is a physical change, I also believe it does involve an inner change as well.  Evolution is exactly what I will be portraying in my blog. See we humans, we are constantly EVOLVING.  That is the whole reason why we are here on Earth. We are here to grow and learn and eventually go back to our Heavenly Father.  This is only a stage of growth. As I searched the web for a symbolic image I stumbled across a butterfly. Although based on studies butterflies do not evolve, but rather go through what is called “a metamorphosis” I thought it would be quite clever to use anyways.  A butterfly is quite an intriguing insect. Now I won’t sit here and give you an article on butterflies (that would require me to be knowledgeable on butterflies which I am really not). But I will say this. Butterflies have a lot in common with us. We all aspire to be that beautiful butterfly. Yet, butterflies go through stages of growth just like us. There is the caterpillar stage (childhood) then there is the cocoon stage (adolescence/adulthood) and then the last stage transformation (The Resurrection). Let me break it down just a bit more...

Caterpillar: How many of you have seen a caterpillar before? How does it move around? Can it defend itself? Does it know where it’s at or where it’s going? We are just like caterpillars when we are babies. We are soft, delicate and well pretty much clueless. We depend greatly on our parents to guide us and teach us how to follow into our next stage.

Cocoon (pupa): What’s the cocoon stage? How is it relevant to adolescence or even adulthood? How long does this stage usually take? The cocoon stage can be from weeks to years it simply depends on the species. We all go through this stage. We might not physically have that hard shell to protect us from the world but we have The Savior! He is our protective shell. He molds us through trials and tribulations so we are ready to enter into our last and final stage.

Transformation(Final Stage): Now this is where life gets even better: The Resurrection. We are now standing before God. We are now ready to transform into this beautiful butterfly. We have finally become like a butterfly. Perfect and free.

I guess in short words I felt a butterfly would be a perfect symbolic creature for my blog. Hope many of you haven’t x out of my blog. I promise it gets better! Now, I’ll start by writing about my cocoon stage because well this is the best part!  I do hope you enjoy my blog. If you have any comments make sure you post them because I want to hear them!!! I love you all!!!