In truth, when the caterpillar goes into its cocoon, it actually proceeds to dissolve into a pool of atoms. It lets go of its old form and completely comes undone. That is how it reconfigures itself and transforms into its next glorious form as a butterfly.

You may have heard the saying “We are human beings , not human doings .” Living is a balance of both: centering yourself in who you are, and then expressing that core self through what you do in the world, as you grow within it.