"It is a gift to be able to turn an ink blot into a butterfly.” What does this statement mean? Well for me it means a number of things. We all make mistakes in life and we all go through trials, but what really matters is what we learn from those mistakes and hardships. I have made many mistakes in my life and have had many difficult times but I can truly say that I have learned from all of those mistakes and trials.
An example comes to my mind. I love basketball with a passion. I love it more than almost anything in the world. Well this year I damaged my foot pretty badly during basketball and was out for the rest of the season due to the extent of the damage on my foot. I had to go to physical therapy and at the time I was really upset about that. When I first started going to physical therapy I thought it was the worst thing in the world, plus I wasn’t able to play my favorite sport in the whole world, I wasn’t able to do what I loved. At the time to be honest, it sucked, but looking back on it now I realize that because I couldn’t play I learned to rely on my teammates and to have faith in them. I realized that basketball isn’t just about one person, it is a team effort. This is just one way that my ink blot was turned into a butterfly.
We all have made mistakes in life and we all have trials. We have all have made those horrible looking ink blots that ruin everything, but we all have the power to change those ink blots into something beautiful and something great. Will you change those ink blots into something great or will you let them ruin your life? The choice is yours.
