Butterfly Autobiography

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Butterfly is known as one of God’s masterpieces that is created by transforming from something ugly to a glamorous creature. However, it is the pain that actually creates the beauty of a butterfly’s wing. Without the extreme struggle when the caterpillar breaks its own cocoon, the butterfly would never, ever be able to fly. I have to confess that I was born a caterpillar, “unsightly blemishes” as I identified my corpulent body and ugly out looking. When I was young, I did not understand how an “underdog” caterpillar would ever be able to dance in the sky, but I was ascertained that I would do anything to become that beautiful butterfly. My remarkable life-metamorphosis, undergoes a painful stage of transformation and it creates a verdant future …show more content…
Exercising was a miserable experience and I strongly disliked it. Every step I took on the running machine seemed like it was screaming anxiety. I was 180 lbs., my knees had to bear all that weight so I wouldn’t I fall. The first ten minutes in the gym felt like a century. My body was weak and vulnerable. I could hear my stomach desperately growling hunger. Painfulness raised up from my legs and I could not tell whether it was the sweat or tears that wetted my shirt. Painfulness was like a sharp knife, slowly cutting my body and my soul. Loud music was blowing up my eardrums and my heart beats were just as exhausted as I was. I squeezed the water bottle, tried to distract my mind from this endless nightmare. So I closed my eyes to try to accept the pain, because deep inside, I knew that I was meant to become a butterfly. As the last and the most significant stage in my transformation, nothing could stop me from breaking my own …show more content…
It’s an identifiable, yet indescribable absence. Two years later, a thin shard of sunlight sliced through the vent and shined on my back. I stood in front of a mirror, naked, and shocked by what I saw, again. I was reborned. I put my hands on the mirror, shaking and crying. I finally struggled out of my “cocoon” and expanded my beautiful wings to the world. 60 pounds of fat and depression were cut off from my body. Look back at all the miserable memories I had, they seemed like they had unshakeable worth. I revisited my doctor, the electrocardiogram presented my healthy heart beat. I was sobered by surprise in a way that no psychological study ever could attempt. I have not done anything so successful in my life that deserves the word “remarkable”, except for my metamorphosis. There might not be any awards or medals to show for my particular achievement. But no academic distinction in the world can match what I gained from my metamorphosis: with healthy body, self-confidence, newfound mental strength and most importantly, the right path to my future. With all the pain I struggled through when I was a caterpillar, I bravely faced the challenge and reborned. Now, I shall kept going as I did and I am ready to face any challenge. Above all, I realized that by improving my health strength, I had enriched the most remarkable experience in my

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