#BloggingRedefind - THE CHICKEN AND THE EAGLE – A Tale of Identity, Purpose & Creativity.

Posted on Palhood, July 24th 2013.
There was an eagle who lost an egg one day, and as fate would have it, the tinny eagle egg was found by a hen. She took the egg home to the chicken coop and sat on it with all the loving patience of an incipient mother. A few weeks later, the egg was hatched, and out stepped a tiny eagle. The tiny bird had an eagle history, eagle genes, eagle chromosomes, eagle power, and eagle potential. But because he was born into a chicken environment, he grew up thinking he was a chicken. He grew up dreaming chicken dreams and thinking chicken thoughts and playing chicken games and entertaining chicken ambitions.

In fact, he was even made to feel ashamed of his eagle features. You see, even though he didn’t know who he was, the other birds in the barnyard did. They met among themselves and said, “We’ve got to keep this bird thinking he’s a chicken, because if he ever finds out that he’s an eagle, he’ll rule over us.” As a result, the little bird became ashamed of his eagle heritage and eagle features. The other birds made fun of his mighty eagle beak, because they had little thin, narrow, weak chicken beaks. They also made fun of his mighty eagle talons, because they possessed weak, tiny, scrawny chicken feet. And he became ashamed of the richness of his deep, dark eagle feathers. At one point in his life, he even considered cosmetic surgery. He thought about cutting off half of his eagle beak and he thought about dyeing his dark eagle feathers, so he could look more like the chickens. Ironically, his greatest ambition in life was to one day hop, skip and jump up on the fence post to cockle-doodle-do at daybreak like the rooster.

But one day, when this confused bird was playing in the barnyard, he saw the deep dark contours of a mighty shadow swim across the ground. For the first time in his life, this little lost bird looked higher than the fence post, higher than the tree line, and saw the remarkable sight of an adult eagle in full flight – with all of its majesty, grace, and power. The little lost bird was transfixed. He said to himself, “Wow! I sure wish I could be like that.”

The adult eagle perceived the dilemma of the little lost bird and swooped down from the stratospheric heights and said, “Boy, you ain’t any chicken. You’re an eagle! Your mighty talons were not meant to rake and scrape on the ground for worms and feed, but to snatch the craggy side of yonder mountain of achievement.
“Boy,” he repeated, “you ain’t any chicken. You’re an eagle! Your eagle eye was not meant to be limited to the narrow confines of the barnyard but to seek out the distant horizon of your own unfulfilled potential, and spread your wings as you catch the lofty winds of your immeasurable genius. You ain’t any children---you’re and eagle!”

I’m stopping the tale at this point……Y’all should just imagine what the little lost bird will do after hearing the talks of the adult eagle.
Each of us could benefit from this tale. Success lies with the man or woman who is undisturbed by appearances or circumstances. Neither the universe nor Mc Jawbone cares what you’ve failed to accomplish. It is of small value if you were raised in a chicken home in the heart of a chicken neighborhood and associated with chicken friends. It really does not matter if, during your childhood, you attended chicken schools and were taught chicken lessons by chicken teachers. I see no reason to worry if you completed your studies and now tout a chicken degree that helped you land a chicken job, where you report to a chicken supervisor. Remember, don’t think chicken thoughts and don’t dream chicken dreams. You’re and eagle!

“If you wish to explore your full potential and identify new possibilities for high achievement, you must challenge your creative powers; you must stretch to new limits and explore the possibilities.”
Story culled from Dennis P. Kimbro’s “WHAT MAKES THE GREAT GREAT”.

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