Thursday, February 10, 2011

SOAR BEYOND YOUR FEARS!-”Why walk when you can fly”

SOAR BEYOND YOUR FEARS!-”Why walk when you can fly”
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SOAR BEYOND YOUR FEARS !!!
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 his 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.
– From the Book “Why walk when you can fly”
I posted this in another blog and got the below comments. Please share your thoughts on this as well!

Comments:
KK says;
07 Feb 2011 - 12:06
Very good! I am gonna read this book. Thanks for sharing
J2M says;
07 Feb 2011 - 17:36
Great message .. FEAR - standing for “False Evidence Appearing Real” really holds us back from achieving our potential.
Whatever we are prepared to do when the situation forces us to do, how to get ourselves to do it voluntarily is the difference between being magnificient versus mediocore !
Righy says;
09 Feb 2011 - 11:41
@J2M:Wow! Nice explanation of Fear & difference between the mediocre and Magnificient.. Its all our thought process & attitude towards life. Fear can never be a hindrance for those courageous people who wish to fly:)
@KK: Most welcome.
J2M says;
09 Feb 2011 - 13:50
I am also reminded by a saying which says “A chasm is not crossed in two easy steps - It takes a Leap” It is called a “Leap of Faith” ..

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