Monday 24 January 2011

Monday Morning Inspiration # 102


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 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.

By Bijal Dave

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8 comments:

Arv said...

very true mate...

sometimes we all just need that one extra kick/launch to take that first step...

cheers,
Arv.

Ms.Chitchat said...

That was a good one and happy to follow u.

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Arv

Yea.. many at times it was someone who broke my branch that made me fly :) and I am glad my branches broke :)

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Ms.Chit chat

Thank you very much for the follow :) I'm glad you liked it .. Will drop by your blog soon :)

Varun said...

Got this on an email few weeks back. Really nice way to start a day! :)

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Varun

I came across this in the internet too, found it inspiring so here it is !! :)

karthik s said...

brilliant shals! :)

Lakshmi Rajan said...

A wonderful , meaningful story :) Most of us love to stay in the comfort zone, aren't we? and never get to know there is a better zone beyond it ...