Ladybug for luck

I kept to something easy this time, so here is another ladybug for luck. I think I am going to need it, as I am going to start a praying mantis this week - his favourite.

Monarch Butterflies

I am not sure what I was thinking, but after creating 6 monarch butterflies, I think I will work on something a little easier this week. I have always found butterflies magical, even the white butterfly that hangs around the vegie garden. Butterflies symbolise:

· Transition
· Celebration
· Time
· Soul
· Transformation / Change
· Acceptance. Don't sweat the small stuff, be joyful and thankful for your blessings

Herein lies the deepest symbolic lesson of the butterfly. She asks us to accept the changes in our lives as casually as she does. The butterfly unquestioningly embraces the changes of her environment and her body.
This unwavering acceptance of her metamorphosis is also symbolic of faith. Here the butterfly beckons us to keep our faith as we undergo transitions in our lives. She understands that our toiling, fretting and anger are useless against the turning tides of nature – she asks us to recognize the same.
Interestingly, in many cultures the butterfly is associated with the soul – further linking our animal symbolism of faith with the butterfly.
We can look to the grace and eloquence of the butterfly and realize that our journey is our only guarantee. Our responsibility to make our way in faith, accept the change that comes, and emerge from our transitions as brilliantly as the butterfly.