"The butterfly counts not months but mome..." - Kenyan Proverb

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”

- Kenyannature

Meaning

Quality of experience matters more than quantity of time; live fully in each moment.

East African butterfly diversity inspires meditation on impermanence. Short-lived creatures live with an intensity that longer lives often lack.

Origin

Kenyan

Language

Swahili

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