A story:
An ornithologist was visiting a farmer. He noticed an eagle amidst the chickens, so he asked the farmer, “Why is there an eagle with your chicken?”
The farmer answered, “Well, I found this eaglet and did not know what to do with it, so I started to feed him chicken feed, raised him with the chickens. He seemed to like the feed, so he stayed.”
The scientist asked the farmer if he could try an experiment with the eagle. He took him in his arms, told him “You are an eagle; you belong to the open skies,” but the eagle flew back to the chickens. He took the eagle to the top of the barn, and told him again, “You are an eagle; you belong to the open skies,” but the eagle escaped again and went back to the chickens. The scientist took the eagle again, but this time he went to a high mountain. He told the eagle, “You are an eagle; you belong to the open skies, to the great spaces. Glide.” This time, he threw the eagle into the open air.
The eagle protested a little at first, but then he quickly spread his majestic wings, screeched, and soared with great majesty to the heavens. He started to do what he was made to do: reign over the open skies, glide with majesty, and be the most beautiful creature one could ever behold.
Are you the eagle, living with, and thinking you are, a chicken? Or are you meant to spread your wings and fly in a different way?
An ornithologist was visiting a farmer. He noticed an eagle amidst the chickens, so he asked the farmer, “Why is there an eagle with your chicken?”
The farmer answered, “Well, I found this eaglet and did not know what to do with it, so I started to feed him chicken feed, raised him with the chickens. He seemed to like the feed, so he stayed.”
The scientist asked the farmer if he could try an experiment with the eagle. He took him in his arms, told him “You are an eagle; you belong to the open skies,” but the eagle flew back to the chickens. He took the eagle to the top of the barn, and told him again, “You are an eagle; you belong to the open skies,” but the eagle escaped again and went back to the chickens. The scientist took the eagle again, but this time he went to a high mountain. He told the eagle, “You are an eagle; you belong to the open skies, to the great spaces. Glide.” This time, he threw the eagle into the open air.
The eagle protested a little at first, but then he quickly spread his majestic wings, screeched, and soared with great majesty to the heavens. He started to do what he was made to do: reign over the open skies, glide with majesty, and be the most beautiful creature one could ever behold.
Are you the eagle, living with, and thinking you are, a chicken? Or are you meant to spread your wings and fly in a different way?
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