Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from
Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen.
He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.
Months passed
and one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the falcons
was flying majestically, soaring high in the sky, the other bird had not moved
from its branch since the day it had arrived.
The king summoned healers and sorcerers from all the land to tend to the
falcon, but no one could make the bird fly. He presented the task to the member
of his court, but the next day, the king saw through the palace window that the
bird had still not moved from its perch. Having tried everything else, the king
thought to himself, "May be I need someone more familiar with the countryside to
understand the nature of this problem." So he cried out to his court, "Go and
get a farmer."
In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon
soaring high above the palace gardens. He said to his court, "Bring me the doer
of this miracle."
The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood
before the king. The king asked him, "How did you make the falcon fly?"
With
his head bowed, the farmer said to the king, " It was very easy, your highness.
I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting."
We are all made
to fly-- to realize our incredible potential as human beings. But instead of
doing that, we sit on our branches, clinging to the things that are familiar to
us. The possibilities are endless, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered.
We conform to the familiar, the comfortable, the mundane. So for the most part,
our lives are mediocre instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling.
So let us learn to destroy the branch of fear we cling to and free
ourselves to the glory of flight !!!!!!!
