I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
You can only chase a butterfly for so long.
I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round.
Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.
In the early morning hours, Hannah read at the table by the dim light of dawn. She leaned in close to the pages, chin resting on her folded arms, eyes racing over the words, like chasing butterflies over the hills, to catch as many as she could before going to work. She wondered at how such tales of magic could be contained by mere paper and ink for her to read again and again.
Don't waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come.
Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken. Defeat strips away false values and makes you realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.
You know those adages about smelling the roses and chasing butterflies? The markets are my butterflies and my roses.
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