A Parable

Once there was a beautiful princess who had a cancerous leg. She went to many physicians to try to save this leg but finally the leg brought her near death herself, and with sadness she choose to sever the leg. She walked with crutches and eventually was fitted with a new leg. This new leg served her well and although she sometimes walked with a limp, her overall health improved more and more over time.
Her family was very attached to her cancerous leg and encased it in their family home. They did not like her new leg and called it "artificial". When the princess returned to her family without her new leg, she needed crutches so they believed she would have been better off with the cancerous leg. It caused great sadness in the princess that they would not accept her new leg. Because of her love for her family she DID return to visit on crutches but it took great strength on her part to do so.