Once upon a time there was a king who received a gift of two
magnificent peregrine falcons from Arabia. They were the most beautiful falcons he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.
Many days later 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 people with knowledge of birds and requested them to do something to
make the bird fly. But no one could succeed. The bird refused to move from its
perch. Having tried everything else, the king announced a big prize to any
person who makes the falcon to fly.
In the morning the king was thrilled to see the falcon
soaring high above the palace garden. He said to his personal servant “Bring me
the doer of this miracle.” The man who won the prize was a farmer. He came and
stood before the king. The king asked him, “How did you make the falcon fly?”
The farmer said to the king, “It was very easy your majesty.
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 flying high we sit on our branches, clinging to
the things that are familiar to us. The possibilities are endless. But they
remain undiscovered for most of us. We cling to the familiar, the comfortable
and the mundane. So, most of our lives are mediocre instead of exciting,
thrilling and fulfilling.
Sometimes God is kind enough to cut the branch we are
sitting comfortably, so that we could soar high. By changing nothing, nothing
changes. We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight
of the shore. Let us remember this truth whenever our routine and comfortable
life shatters by unforeseen circumstances. God may be helping us to soar high
in his subtle ways.
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