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Hi everyone.
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My name is Maria Santana and today I will be
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presenting my symbol, the butterfly.
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I chose the butterfly because it holds a lot of
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significance to me personally, growing up, One of my biggest
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influences was my grandmother.
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She absolutely loved butterflies and after she passed away I
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started to see them more frequently in my life.
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Any time I felt stressed out, upset, worried or had
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a big life moment, I would see a butterfly and
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I knew that that was her reminding me that she
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was there with me because of this.
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I thought the butterfly would be the perfect symbol to
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explore or chase.
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I found this photo that really put into words how
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I felt and it reads butterflies from heaven.
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When a butterfly comes to you, I've been told that
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it's from someone in heaven, a past soul.
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If you keep a lookout, if you open your heart,
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the things that were ordinary will now stand apart.
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I think that if we look read between the lines,
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you will find clues and you will find signs that
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your loved one isn't passed.
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Not really not gone, that they are not here, that
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they have just moved on.
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It is said that there is not death, just life
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in transitions from the teachings of buddha to the belief
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of the christians.
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So from my heart, from my hope and belief may
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you find many butterflies to assist with your grief?
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To start my chase.
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I started by asking those around me what they thought
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about butterflies and what they meant to them.
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I also brainstormed and asked myself these questions.
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What did I know about them?
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What did I find unique?
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Why did they interest me?
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What could they mean?
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I then looked online and did a ton of research.
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This was very helpful and I found so much information
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about butterflies and their meanings.
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Personally, I didn't get stuck while doing this.
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If anything I found so much I could have done
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multiple presentations, but now that we have talked about why
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I chose the butterfly is my symbol.
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Let's talk about who is associated with them.
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So to start things off, let's look at people associated
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with the butterfly.
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Well, there wasn't an exact goddess of the butterfly.
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In classic Greco roman mythology.
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The goddess psyche is associated with butterflies.
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She was Goddess of Soul, married two arrows, the Roman
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Cupid God of Love.
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She was a mortal princess at one point and one
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of the most beautiful goddesses to ever live because of
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her extraordinary beauty.
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Like the beauty of a butterfly, she was depicted as
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a butterfly wing woman.
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This shares such a connection in the context of all
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the transformations that occur.
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This amazing transformation from a crawling caterpillar into a seemingly
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lifeless Chrysalis to a broken, beautiful and breathtaking butterfly that
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flies around reminding nature that transformation is possible.
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The butterfly stages of metamorphosis has given people a metaphor
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for hope for years.
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This metaphor is that they too might be capable of
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such change into glory.
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It isn't easy, but it's wonderful and it truly is
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worth it now that we have talked about who is
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associated with the butterfly.
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Let's talk about what they symbolize this quote really stood
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out to me.
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely
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admit the changes it has gone through to achieve such
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beauty. Right, butterflies also symbolize the representation of our lives.
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They show how one can overcome and come back as
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something beautiful as a caterpillar.
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It then moves into a Chrysalis and finally undergoes a
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major transformation.
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There. When it comes out from the Chrysalis, we see
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a bright, colorful and stunningly winged butterfly.
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This butterfly transformation process closely depicts how our spiritual transformation
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must occur.
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When we undergo a spiritual transformation, we must move away
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from the outer world and go into our inner selves.
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We must let the cocoon of prayers surround us as
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we pray grow and transform.
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Once we have done this, we will then have to
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step out as new people and show off our own
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transformation. Just as the butterfly has done after emerging from
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the chrysalis, butterflies also symbolize things in the native american
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culture butterflies to them symbolized color joy and change.
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They take the butterfly as a very positive symbol and
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respect them very highly.
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They have also given many different meanings to the butterfly
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itself. Certain tribes consider them a symbol for joy.
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Others are a symbol of their dreams, while some are
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considered a form of communication from lost loved ones.
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If this wasn't enough, they go on to break it
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down even further to give each color a different meaning.
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For example, the yellow butterfly meaning is hope.
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Black butterfly symbolism indicates illness and white color means good
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luck. We also find symbolism of the butterfly and Christianity
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in Christianity.
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The butterfly symbolizes resurrection.
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The transformation of a butterfly depicts the amazing work of
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jesus, how his life transformed and continues to transform the
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lives of his christian followers.
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Just as the butterfly emerges as a gorgeously winged insect
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from a caterpillar.
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Similarly, any christian who goes to jesus becomes a new
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person, They leave their old life behind and begin a
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new one.
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After turning to christ, The caterpillar seems dead as it
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disappears into the cocoon, just as jesus body lay in
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the tomb after it was taken down from the cross.
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Therefore, as a lovely creature emerges from the cocoon christ
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emerged as a risen lord out of the tomb, gaining
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victory over death butterflies are also known in the Celtic
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culture as well.
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In this way, butterflies are known as a symbol of
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rebirth. Celtics take this symbol of making better choices when
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life offers one a second chance.
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Life is so hard and it tends to beat one
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down and we have to go through storms and rocky
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waters and sometimes people beat themselves up over mistakes.
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The butterfly significance is the renewal and rebirth are always
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available for humans.
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one can make better choices because second chances do come,
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one must take better action, think more positively and not
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waste the opportunity of transforming.
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At the end of this renewal the passage becomes lighter
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for each and life becomes smoother.
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Butterflies also symbolize strength and independence butterflies, unlike many other
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creatures, never get the chance to be cared for by
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a mother.
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They are putting on this earth and have to go
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through change all on their own.
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They go through the stages independently and remain strong through
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it all without the love and nurturing of a mother,
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they are still able to transform into beautiful beings and
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give the world a sense of hope.
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So now that we've talked about with these beautiful butterfly
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symbolize, let's talk about what it means when you have
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a butterfly cross your path.
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When Butterflies Cross 1's path, often there has to be
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a meaning as to why.
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By now I hope that you are aware that the
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butterfly symbol stands for personal growth and transformation.
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Therefore encountering this creature frequently might be trying to get
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you to look within areas that you need to approve
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upon in your own life, butterflies are trying to draw
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your attention in your growth cycle and assessing your personality
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to see what may need renewal.
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The butterfly spirit animal drives you to go through life
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with grace and not fear and go into metamorphosis if
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your soul needs it, Butterfly symbolize so many things to
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so many different people.
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Whether you are religious or not, you can find a
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way to relate to the butterfly.
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All of us need strength, hope, new beginnings, and some
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of us, even a second chance, I hope next time
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you see a butterfly you remember there is beauty even
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in the darkest of times and that there is always
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hope for a better tomorrow.
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Thank you.