Hope for the Flowers

I read a book today that I absolutely fell in love with. Now, while I wont say that it changed my life in the 20 minutes that I took to read it, I would say that it touched me in a way that something so simple rarely touches.
"Hope for the Flowers" is undoubtedly a childrens story, but it carries with it a definite appeal to the older generation as well. The characters in the story (although they are simply caterpillars) are symbolic of many aspects of human existence. They represent everyday trials we must go through while portraying critical values such as the virtue of patience, the need to sacrifice, the importance of making decisions, the value of making mistakes, and the never ending power of love.
It made me smile and it made me cry. It was creatively illustrated and craftily written. Most of all, it made me think. It spoke to my heart. Read it if you are ever privileged enough to get the opportunity.

There is a butterfly and a better person in each one of us. You be my Stripe, and I'll be your Yellow. Always and forever.

And in pain he continued down searching for those eyes which would let him whisper, "I saw a butterfly- there can be more to life."