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Hey there,
Let’s talk about liars.
Beautiful, delicate, winged liars.
You know the type: flits through life like it’s effortless. Drinks nectar, wears color like confidence, looks like it’s never had a bad day. But here’s the secret butterflies don’t post about: they melted first. Literally.
Before they were winged icons of change, butterflies were caterpillars. Squishy, crawling, leaf-munching introverts. And when they were ready to “transform,” they didn’t just sprout wings and manifest. No.
They turned into goo.
Inside the chrysalis, a caterpillar digests itself. It liquefies. Dissolves. The old body completely breaks down before rebuilding into something new. A process so radical, so total, even the brain changes. (Though some memories might survive the goo. How? No one knows. Magic, probably.)
So when people say "just transform," remember: real metamorphosis means surrendering everything you were, even the parts that worked just fine. It's not clean. It’s not fast. And it’s definitely not glamorous.
But it is worth it.
Bug Wisdom
Transformation is messy. Don’t trust anyone who skips the goo part.
Growth might feel like falling apart—because it is.
Don’t rush the chrysalis. The wings need time to form.
Butterflies are the end result.
But they aren’t the whole story.
If you’re in a season of stuck, if your life feels soft and strange and directionless right now—maybe you’re not lost.
Maybe you’re just in the goo.
And that means something extraordinary is on the way.
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Until next time,
Gabi & Bea