My niece has a close friend, Katie, that lives across the street from her house. When those two get together you never really know what is going to happen. My favorite Kate-ism is something that was said to my sister. As usual, I will not get the quote exactly right, but I think I will come close.
One day Kate says to my sister
"Deb, did you ever feel like an ugly worm only to find you are a beautiful butterfly?"
Kate smiles when ever this quote is mentioned to her. She told me that she read it in a book, but I can not remember the book title or author.
I will say that there are more worm days for me than there are butterfly days,
but what an awesome lesson for a child.
Actually when I think of this quote (or knowing me...this almost quote) I think about how I should view a person from the inside. Don't get me wrong....sometimes an ugly worm is just a plain old ugly worm. There are times when people make it too easy for me to make them the butt of my jokes
or the reason for my iritability.
When I meet a person like that I just try to remember my favorite Kate-ism, I smile
and look hard for that beautiful butterfly that must be inside of that person somewhere!
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