The ‘Image’ Keys to Personal Transformation – Book Overview and Why Buy the Book
Picture for a moment a silk-worm in its caterpillar stage: a grey coloured, vulnerably creature without wings. At first glance, pretty similar to any other worm one might encounter in nature.
On closer inspection though, if you allow yourself the time, you would notice subtle differences in its anatomy which sets it apart from other worm species. Differences which enable it to do something other ordinary worms cannot do: this caterpillar can create silk. For centuries, silk has been one of the purest, rarest and most sought- after yarns. Next time you visit an Indian market or fabric shop, have a look at the selection of silk saris and you will notice how vibrant and rich the colours are and how very fine the textures. Throughout the ages, silk has been associated with luxury, but at the same time with earthiness. Such a magical yarn, created by such a small and seemingly insignificant little worm!
But the magic does not stop here, because while the caterpillar is creating silk, it is actually only in its first life- stage. Soon it would spin its golden cocoon and hide there, motionless and seemingly useless, until one day…the cocoon starts tearing and soft, tiny wings emerge. A weak little thing at first, but at that perfect moment when it is ready, the wings will open and be stretched to reveal its true colours and its true beauty. It will then leave the cocoon behind for good – testing its wings with confidence, ready and eager to show the world its magnificent uniqueness. It might not have the brightly coloured wings of other butterfly species, but then they can’t create silk like this one can!
In essence, human beings are a lot like butterflies: we are born small and helpless, we grow up, perfect our skills and then go on to spread our wings as we launch ourselves into the big, wide world. Like the butterflies, we have inherent, limitless potential at every stage of our life-span. There is one big difference though, between us and them: a butterfly cannot fail to emerge out of its cocoon, spread its wings and fly away, a human being though, might decide to hide in his/her cocoon for a number of years, sometimes for an entire lifetime. What a senseless life that would be, never to test one’s wings, never to realise how strong those wings are, and how flying high and far and often, make them even stronger. Or perhaps we do spread our wings at least, sometimes because we have no other choice, but we might not like those wings or ours very much, we keep comparing them to the wings of others around us, we hide away in the shade, ashamed of being who we are. This often causes us to dress in unflattering, outdated clothes in dull colours, reflecting the way we feel about ourselves.
In The ‘Image’ Keys to Personal Transformation, I would like to invite you to allow yourself to be transformed into the truly unique human being that you are. You might already be aware of your own limitless, inherent potential. Now I would like to teach you to express that unique potential of yours in a confident and powerful way. Together we will examine those ‘wings’ of yours, look at the scars and bruises encountered along the way, then together lovingly repair them, dust them off, polish them up and you will once again, or perhaps for the first time in your life be ready to fly proudly, high and far …
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