So here is my new dragonfly tattoo. I got it in memory of my mother who passed away almost a year ago, march 31st 2012. She loved dragonflies. They were her favorite! And now that she isn't grounded here on this planet anymore, she is able to fly free. Here is the story of the dragonfly too. I think it fits perfectly.
The Dragonfly
Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads,there lived a little water beetle in a community of waterbeetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pondwith few disturbances and interruptions.Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one oftheir fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad andwould never be seen again. They knew when this happened; theirfriend was dead, gone forever.Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urgeto climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he wouldnot leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends whathe had found at the top.When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto thesurface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun felt sowarm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his bodychanged and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautifulblue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender bodydesigned for flying.So, fly he did! And, as he soared he saw the beauty of a wholenew world and a far superior way of life to what he had neverknown existed.Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinkingby now he was dead. He wanted to go back to tell them, andexplain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever beenbefore. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended.But, his new body would not go down into the water. He couldnot get back to tell his friends the good news. Then heunderstood that their time would come, when they, too, wouldknow what he now knew. So, he raised his wings and flew offinto his joyous new life!
~Author Unknown~
