Story Time - Are we Eagles?

Many of us must have heard this story.. Sometimes it is worth reading it again!

An eagle's egg was placed in the nest of a prairie chicken. The egg hatched and the little eagle grew up thinking it was a prairie chicken. The eagle did what the prairie chickens did. It scratched in the dirt for seeds. It clucked and cackled. It never flew more than a few feet because that is what the prairie chickens did. One day he saw an eagle flying gracefully and majestically in the open sky. He asked the prairie chickens: "What is that beautiful bird?" The chickens replied, "That is an eagle. He is an outstanding bird, but you cannot fly like him because you are just a prairie chicken." So the eagle never gave it a second thought, believing that to be the truth. He lived the life of and died a prairie chicken, depriving himself of his heritage because of his lack of vision. What a waste! He was born to win, but was conditioned to lose.

Are we Eagles in the guise of a prairie chicken? Everyone has the ability to have Eagle-like potential.

From the story, it is also probably true that the real prairie chickens could never have become eagles, because their god given physical characteristics were not of the eagle vintage. But the eagle among prairie chickens, scratching the dirt for seeds? If we have the courage to rise above the level of an average and are not content to settle down with dirt, there must be no reason to stop us. Keep pondering and delving into this...!

Source of the story: "You can win" by Shiv Khera