In-built Human Potential

"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge
waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast
compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet
they pass by themselves without wondering." (St. Augustine)

Potential within us

Once there was a king, who received a gift of two magnificent falcons
from Arabia. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer for
training.

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 experts trainers from all the land to tend to the
falcon, but no one could make the bird fly. Having tried everything
else, the king called a Wiseman from neighboring village.

In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon soaring high
above the palace gardens. The king asked him, "How did you make the
falcon fly?"

He humbly said to the king, " It was very easy, your highness. I
simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting."

Moral of the Story: "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. 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."

VEDAM CHANDRASEKHAR
MUSCAT, OMAN

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