A parable:

Traveler:
I’ve been away for a long time and am on my way home.

Sage:
Ahhh. Home. I have discovered something about that mythical place.

Traveler:
What have you discovered?

Sage:
Most of its residents wear glasses with lenses shaped in the form of larva – they cannot easily see the butterfly you’ve become; only the caterpillar you once were…