Summary Of C. S. Lewis Metamorphosis

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad." - C.S. Lewis Metamorphosis, they say is the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two distinct stages. Let us take by precedence the case of a caterpillar. As children, many of us learn about the wondrous process by which a caterpillar morphs into a butterfly. The story usually begins with a very hungry caterpillar hatching from an egg. The caterpillar, or what is more scientifically termed a larva, stuffs itself with leaves, growing plumper and longer through …show more content…
We embrace it, we digest the cold hard facts even if they seem daunting and the challenges insurmountable. We shed our inhibitions, lower our guards leaving us vulnerable and exposed. A complete stranger to humanity, lets name him Ford Prefect from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelguse, would consider it rather strange that we would ever take the chance. So why do we ? Well, most people would say it is the conclusion to the process of metamorphosis that motivates one to take on the challenge. Dame Nature would support the argument. She gifted us the wonderful sight of a butterfly emerging from the wondrous mess that is the evolution of a humble caterpillar to a divine butterfly. The same way the fantastical beast, the phoenix is said to rise from the ashes of its predecessor. The end result of our metamorphosis is as beautiful. Take the example of adolescence. In the rather short span of five years, we transform from rather awkward, freckled and naive kids to responsible, confident and mature individuals. (I can't help if you screwed it up.) It really is beautiful. One may ask what is my purpose here writing rather mundane facts and observations which in hindsight might seem quite so obvious to the average …show more content…
It was hard, challenging and depressing to the person I was then. I learned how to accept people for what they are, shed the bad habit of being rather judgmental and condescending and what not. But, in the end it was all worth it not just because it made me the person I am today (I must admit I am a teeny-weeny bit proud of it too.) but because the process of it was quite so wonderful that I can't help but reminisce little moments from it everyday. This article is as much a personal celebration of my metamorphosis as it is an encouragement to everyone reading this to undertake their own journey of reinvention. A great friend of mine always says, "What motivates me to work and study so hard is the difference between the person I am and the person I want to be." Well, he could not be more right. I would like to conclude my rather short article here on a subject so vast with what is so special the nature has ingrained in us. You see, even the caterpillar undergoes the process of metamorphosis only once in his entire lifetime. But us humans, we have the gift of perpetual change, of metamorphoses. What would our lives be if not for constant change ? (Rhetoric. Don't try to answer it.