Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent
falcons. 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 at times 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, and the mundane. So for the most part, our lives are mediocre
instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling. Let us learn to destroy the
branch of fear we cling to and free ourselves to the glory of flight!
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