Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis:

Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in its body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some insects, fish, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans undergo metamorphosis, which is often accompanied by a change of nutrition source or/ and behavior.

In short, metamorphosis is the phenomenon of the caterpillar turning into the butterfly.

The caterpillar is an eating machine and as such does very well, its behavior is that of an eating machine: stay where there is food and eat it. A butterfly behaves quite differently, instead of staying in one very limited area and doing nothing but eat the butterfly moves in a far greater space and is on the lookout for potentially good new feeding ground and sex partners. 

We humans are one of the most changeable creatures on earth, it could be said that we undergo metamorphosis many times in our life, not so much a physical but a mental one. 

The butterfly does not remember its life as a caterpillar and therefore does not regret it. We, on the other hand, who remember our past, our former lives, we who undergo metamorphosis in behavior, character, lifestyle, we often feel regret at the thought of a phase in our lives irretrievably lost. 

We desire change and aim to change, at the same time we are deeply afraid of change, maybe this is a very human trait and the motor for most of our endeavors in science and art. 

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