Life's Four Stages

I've been thinking about the metamorphosis of the butterfly and realized that our life follows the same steps. Four steps: the first one, as an egg, can be compared to our young age, when a PREPARATION takes place. We study, we make plans, we decide and get ready for what we intend to do as adults. Next: our caterpillar stage, which is the length of most of our life. We work, we raise a family, we face challenges and solve them. We EXPERIENCE. In the third stage, the chrysalis, we might feel the need to withdraw from it all. We need some time alone, possibly doing nothing, just "being", just "allowing" whatever comes up from the  deepest part of our own self. We ELABORATE all the previous experiences, we endeavor to mold them into something new. In our butterfly stage we hopefulyl succeed in realizing who we really are, who we want to be and what we want to achieve that really matters. This is the time for DISCOVERY.