The Kindness That Crippled: Why we need the struggle. A man saw a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon. Feeling pity, he cut the cocoon open to help. The butterfly emerged easily, but its wings were small, its body swollen, and it could never fly. 😔 The man didn’t realize that the struggle to push through the tiny opening was nature’s way of strengthening the butterfly’s body and expanding its wings for flight. By removing the challenge, he took away its strength. Moral: Don’t fear th