As readers we like
to see characters struggle. It’s entertaining and thrilling. But that’s what
it’s like for the reader. For the character, struggle serves another, less
obvious purpose. One that can easily be overlooked.
When a butterfly
emerges from its cocoon, it is frail and weak. But it has to use up all the
energy it has to break out of the little prison its caterpillar-self made.
However, if you were
to lend a helping hand and make an incision in the side of the cocoon, enabling
the butterfly to emerge quickly and easily, the butterfly would die.
Because that immense
effort isn’t just there to make life hard, it’s there to give the butterfly the
strength it needs to be able to fly. By struggling against its surroundings,
the new body is able to stretch and flex and gain power.
Struggle provides
the conditioning necessary to meet future challenges.
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