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The Butterfly The Woman And The Tree Short Parable.

by Sabine Priestley

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Take a journey of relaxation in an elevated state as you listen to a short story about a Butterfly, a Woman and a Tree. Funny how even very different creatures can experience the same journeys. Accompanying this story is a track by the lovely Blossom Violet entitled Grace Of A Butterfly. By invitation, I’m riffing off a track that Tom Evans did to the same beautiful music.

RelaxationStorytellingNatureTransformationWisdomMusicEmpathyNature ConnectionTransformation JourneyWisdom SharingMusic AccompanimentEmpathy And Understanding

Transcript

Welcome,

I'm Sabine Priestley,

And today I have a short story that shows just how similar we can be to things that are quite different from us.

Accompanying this story is the beautiful soundtrack entitled Grace of a Butterfly,

Created by the equally beautiful Blossom Violet.

One day,

A woman sat at the trunk of her favorite tree.

She liked talking to this tree,

Because it listened,

And it spoke back to her.

She could feel the wisdom in its trunk,

Branches,

And leaves.

It was always both comforting and uplifting.

Frequently it was enlightening as well.

But one day,

A butterfly came and landed on her knee.

She said hello to the butterfly,

And so did the tree.

To their surprise and delight,

The butterfly responded.

Well,

Hello!

This felt like a lovely spot to land for a moment.

The woman looked at the butterfly and said,

You're quite welcome.

We like to share our stories and our wisdom.

What would you like to share with us today?

The butterfly thought a long moment,

And then it began.

I have lived an interesting life.

In the beginning,

I had no wings.

I just ate,

Just ate.

That was my life.

And then one day it got dark,

Stiff,

Cold.

I don't remember anything after that,

Until one day I woke up.

I must say it wasn't easy.

It was dark,

And there was a lot of pain.

And also a great deal of struggle,

As I fought to release my wings from their encasement.

I'd never seen the encasement before.

After emerging,

I looked back at it and marveled that me and these beautiful wings ever fit in such a cramped,

Tight space.

But there it was.

It was another struggle as my wings expanded,

Filled.

And then finally,

After even more struggle,

I flew.

It was beautiful.

And here I am now,

With the two of you.

The woman in the tree both laughed,

Understanding.

She said to the butterfly,

It's funny,

Really.

I could explain my journey in precisely the same way.

I'll leave you now to enjoy the rest of this beautiful music,

And let you ponder the peril of the butterfly,

The woman,

And the tree.

Meet your Teacher

Sabine PriestleyFlorida, USA

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Recent Reviews

Suzanne

February 20, 2026

A beautiful parable and music. I enjoyed both very much, thank you ♥️✨

Deane

February 7, 2026

Beautiful thank you 🎉

Jayne

January 20, 2026

Beautiful 😍

Anne

December 22, 2025

Well presented. Beautiful piano music but what did the tree say? I could think of things it might have said: coming from the dark earth; fighting to get out; struggling against other creatures which wanted only to use it as food, as a rubbing tool, and so on; then stretching as high as it could to reach above the top canopy into the sun and the sky above. That’s what our elm would have said. Now it towers over almost all the trees but shares the sky with our redwoods even with our Junior redwood only eight feet high. Thank you for the story and opportunity to relate it to our lives in journaling. Blessings to you and all on the journey. Warmly, Anne

Cindy

November 21, 2025

Love the story 🙏

Sam

October 20, 2025

This was so much more than a Talk! This was a gorgeous story with time for introspection set to a lovely piano piece. Brava! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼I often search for pieces that wake up my heart-center and this is one. TY for sharing this with us! Namaste 🙏🏼

Tara

September 25, 2025

Superb

Jakki

July 4, 2025

Resonated beautifully, thank you.

Linda

July 2, 2025

A beautiful and awakening story. ✨

Eelke

June 28, 2025

Thank you 🙏

Sheila

May 13, 2025

Beautiful 🦋🌳 thank you so much 💖🌻

Dee

May 1, 2025

What a lovely story to ponder about.

Carmen

April 21, 2025

Thank you for the story and for the excellent accompanying music, by Blossom Violet. 🤩❤️✨️

Senga

April 6, 2025

Beautiful and made me smile! I do love butterflies and believe they are messengers. Music so lovely too. Thank you Sabine! 🙏🕊💜🦋

Rebecca

March 20, 2025

Simply lovely! Enjoyed the parable and the music was a perfect pairing. Thank you 🙏

Iga

February 16, 2025

Beautiful story- thank you 🩷🤗🫂🙏🏽🦋

Carrie

February 9, 2025

Absolutely love this. The story was beautiful as equally beautiful as the music by Blossom

Richard

February 4, 2025

I loved the story of the buttery's struggles and emerging in beauty. Opening its wings. I discovered that a butterfly is not like a bird flapping its wings to fly. The butterfly when it claps its wings together it gives it lift through the principles of displacement. Interesting it makes the butterfly even more unique. 💖

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