We cannot become what we want to be

"We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. “ Max De. Pree

Two caterpillars are conversing and a beautiful butterfly floats by. One caterpillar turns and says to the other, "You'll never get me up on one of those butterfly things. "

Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly The caterpillar crawls and eats. And grows, shedding its skin but little more. Crawl, climb, eat. | Of all of our lives, can we not soar? One day as two caterpillars looked As a beautiful butterfly sailed by. Of course one said to the other: "You'll never get me in a butterfly, high. " Gratefulness, laughing and smiles. But no clear understanding or view Of these ironies and implications What was The Answer you knew? Resistance. Perspective. and Change. All of these and more are involved. Yet insight is limited. And self-perspective too. My mother was a moth - this problem is solved. One must STOP in the caterpillar journey For transformation, what we can become. One must change to a much gooey mess to undergo metamorphosis and change. Is the potential understood? Is it realized? We just don't know. Yet it does. The Call of The Wild. And the need to Become. Gain the wings, lose the teeth and the fuzz. It is about letting go, trust the process Of growth and experience and your view. It is Becoming. You are more than you are With things you already had. And you knew? The colors are on the butterfly And already within what we were. Can we all learn from this? Can we help? These changes will most surely occur. By Scott J. Simmerman © 2000

The Square Wheels: How the organizations work. Things are this way because they got this way and unless things change, things will continue to remain the same.

People will often resist change because they are comfortable with how things are, right now ALL of us know more than ANY of us. Don’t Just DO Something, Stand There! The Round Wheels are already in the Wagon.

By identifying Square Wheels and Round Wheels, we increase discomfort with the way things are and we make change more likely

There is a little bit of caterpillar and a little bit of butterfly in each of us T e a m b u i l d i n g Choose to enjoy the ride! e x e r ci

Caterpillars can fly if they would just lighten up!