We all need Butterflies

​   There seemed to be monarch butterflies everywhere in Lily Dale this summer. I watched them dance through the gardens, flutter across our streets and rest quietly among the flowers. But what brought me even more joy was watching all our visitors notice them too! Stopping, pointing them out to one another, and sometimes chasing after them trying to capture that perfect picture.
I have grown to love butterflies and all they represent, personal transformation, hope, and perhaps most beautifully, a message from a loved one
A few years ago, one of our members who raises butterflies gave me a chrysalis so I could witness the transformation with my own eyes. I kept it safely in a little green basket and watched…and waited. After a while, I began to wonder if perhaps it had died. Then one morning I woke up, looked into that green basket, and there it was, my butterfly, gently fluttering its new wings. I have never forgotten that moment.
Maybe that is why butterflies have come to mean so much to me. They remind us that even when it appears nothing is happening, something beautiful may be taking place where we cannot yet see it.
Sometimes a butterfly appears just when we need it most, bringing a sense of peace, a memory of someone we love, or simply a gentle reminder that Spirit is never very far away.
We don’t need to be so afraid of change or transformation. We may not understand in the moment why it is needed, or how we will get to the other side of it, but we must trust the process, knowing that our wings have been there all along

 With Much Love and Blessings
              Namaste
               Nancy