The beauty (and pain) of life

Bruce Thielemann:-
"Imagine a colony of grubs living on the bottom of a swamp. And every once in a while, one of those grubs is inclined to climb a leaf stem to the surface. Then he disappears above the surface and never returns. All the grubs wonder why this is so and what it must be like up there, so they counsel among themselves and agree that the next one who goes up will come back and tell the others. Not long after that, one of the grubs feels the urge and climbs that lead stem and goes out above the surface onto a lily pad. And there in the warmth of the sun, he falls asleep. While he sleeps, the carapace of the tiny creature breaks open, and out of the inside of the grub comes a magnificent dragonfly with beautiful, wide, rainbow-hued iridescent wings. And he spreads those wings and flies, soaring over those waters. But the he remembers the commitment he has made to those behind, yet now he knows he cannot return. They would not recognise him in the first place, and beyond that, he could not live again in such a place. But one thought of his takes away all the distress: they, too, shall climb the stem, and they, too, shall know the glory."

We can't see and know everything about hope now, but one day we will.