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A young boy runs through a meadow, butterfly net in hand. The silky net swoops through the hot air—a brown-and-orange Monarch butterfly accented with white—she’s his! He examines his catch, pleased with his skill, then with a flick of the wrist opens the net and watches her fly free. The satisfaction was in the pursuit and capture.

Butterfly visions for chasing

Over a life, we create hopes and dreams in much the same way a young boy chases a Monarch butterfly.

Chasing our dreams and chasing butterflies—both are solitary quests. Two children can bound through the field together, but only one net will capture the Monarch. Only one child can catch a butterfly—others may merely watch. Afterward, we press the experience in our memory, then follow the next magnetic fluttering.

We all have dreams, and sometimes two people are fortunate to share a dream that coincides. More often, though, our dreams rarely mesh or match completely. And that’s fine—after all, aren’t we persuaded that our dream is the best and most desirable? How curious, that others don’t see our dreams in exactly the same way we do.

Just try asking someone to share your dream. “No way! I’ve got my own.” Better to avoid such a needless war of dreams.

Would you rather offer a little boy a lifeless Monarch butterfly that’s dried and stuck on a board with a pin? Or encourage them in the thrill of the chase?

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