Biking with Butterflies

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August 17, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. - Rabindranath Tagore - Biking with Butterflies Imagine if you could see the world through the eyes of a butterfly. What would you notice? In this beautifully woven piece, Sara Dykman explores the life cycle of the monarch through recounting her 10,201-mile bicycle journey from Mexico to Canada and back, intimately acquainting herself with newly hatched caterpillars and milkweed-nibbling monarchs. "Though people would gasp each time I told them what I was doing, it was the monarchs who deserved applause. I was merely a cyclist, with maps and grocery stores and a staggering amount of hospitality shown to me, giving scale to the magnitude of the monarchs' greatness." Read on to learn more about this nature enthusiast's close encounters and the intricate beauty of the monarch's migration. { read more } Be The Change Consider the monarch's transformation, from caterpillar to butterfly. How does it compare with transformations you've experienced in your own life? Where can you find meaning and beauty in your metamorphosis? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News What It Means to Hold Space & 8 Tips to Do it Well Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works When Someone Threw Coffee at My Face Children, Anger Control and Inuit Wisdom The Life of Death 12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing Inside the Mind of Temple Grandin DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,971 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More