Here’s this week’s 200 word idea inspired by an anonymous writer who came up with this very cool story.
A king once received a gift of two magnificent Peregrine Falcons from Arabia. He gave the precious birds to a newly appointed royal falcon trainer.
A few weeks later, the trainer informed the king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, 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. So, he offered a reward to anyone in his kingdom who could solve the problem. A farmer came in to try and within minutes, the falcon was flying above the palace gardens.
When the king asked him how he did it, the farmer said, ” It was very easy, your highness. I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting.”
Despite our huge potential, we often cling and conform to the familiar and the comfortable. Perhaps it is worth examining which branches are in need of cutting in our lives.
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‘A man grows most tired while standing still.’ | Chinese proverb
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