L'unica alternativa all'attraversamento è rimanere bruco per sempre, non per scelta ma per paura del bozzolo.
The only alternative to going through it is to stay a caterpillar forever, not by choice but out of fear of the cocoon.
Info & reflection: It makes the real choice visible: it isn't "going through the effort" vs "not making it", it's going through vs staying still out of fear. The second option isn't neutral, it's a precise, silent cost.
Related in anthology
- Non è ciò che volevo: I principi naturali della crescita personale contro il mito del successo per obiettivi — Celli reads crises as thresholds: staying caterpillars out of fear of the cocoon is the silent cost of treating fear as an enemy