07.24.07
Remember Who You Really Are
An Eagle mother lost one of her eggs. It was found by a chicken, which rolled it carefully back to her nest, sat on it, and hatched the baby Eagle. The baby Eagle thought it was a chicken. It grew up among other chickens, went to chicken school, and talked, walked, and acted like a chicken. The other chicken children teased it because it looked different. In high school, the baby Eagle went to his chicken guidance counselor and said, “I feel I can accomplish more than this life,” to which the chicken replied, “Be satisfied with what you have, like all the other chickens.”
One day, the now teenager Eagle was walking around the chicken run when a huge shadow floated over him. He looked up and saw a majestic bald headed Eagle flying above. At the same time, the adult Eagle looked down and saw the teenage Eagle in the chicken run. He swooped down and said to the teenage Eagle, “You’re an Eagle! You’re not a chicken! Get out of here! You shouldn’t be using those powerful wings to fly from fencepost to fencepost – you should be soaring about high mountains! You shouldn’t use that powerful beak to eat chicken food, or those strong talons to scratch in the dirt. You can live an Eagle life of freedom and majesty and power.”
Dear Reader, when you go back to your chicken job on Monday, talk with your chicken colleagues and customers, and earn your chicken salary, remember this story. You’re an Eagle! You were born to soar and prosper and achieve great things. You may feel like a chicken, but you’re really an Eagle. Believe me. Only an Eagle will tell you the truth about who you really are. Guidance teachers, bank managers, most academics, and bureaucrats are chickens. They cannot help you. Jim Savulla said, “Never take advice from anyone who doesn’t already have what you want.” 95% of people choose the chicken life, but you don’t have to; you know better, now.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
