If you were to cut open a chrysalis as the butterfly develops, you might expect to find a partly formed butterfly inside. But this isn’t the case. Inside is an unrecognizable “mush” – the gray protoplasm that will reconstruct itself and ultimately emerge as a butterfly. This ugly sticky stuff has all the elements necessary to create great beauty. It just takes time. We need to decide that it’s okay for us to be in this unsure, uncomfortable place. In fact, most of the time it’s exactly where we need to be. It is a necessary period of growth in the achievement of any significant, life-altering change. Step into the mush.