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.

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.