To Harm a Butterfly

A relationship is like a butterfly. It can be full of color. It can be friendly. It is very real - yet, at once, really quite mysterious. It can take you to places that you otherwise wouldn’t go. Yet, it is also vulnerable. As such, it must be left to fly. Control it, and it will leave, or it will perish. Take a deep breath and watch the butterfly. Watch where it needs to go. If it chooses, it may come to visit and alight on you. Delight in its existence. But, don’t cling to it or alter its course; for, if you do, you will alter the mastery of its Being. It is not for you to own, capture, or restrict. It is yours to witness, to hold dear, to protect, and honor. It will run its course on its own for as long as it has need to in this world. All else is ego - all else, vanity.