The king of a village was gifted two small
beautiful
eagles by one of his assistants. The two eagles were immediately
handed to a very well-known trainee to teach them the art of soaring
very high, and several months later, the trainee came back to the
king and said, "One of the eagles is now soaring very
high in the sky, while the other one still sits on the branch of a
large oak tree and never leaves the tree."
The King called all birds' specialists in
the village
to coax the eagle to leave the branch, but none of them succeeded.
Then, an idea came to his mind to seek the advice of a wise man who
lived in the far corner of the village. The next morning, the king
saw the eagle flying happily, and when he asked the wise man what he
did to make the eagle fly, the man said, "I simply
broke
the branch where the eagle has been sitting."
We find ourselves sitting on the branches
of fear,
hesitation, and unwilling to change in just the same way. Unless we
break such negative branches within us, we'll never discover the
tremendous energy that enables us to soar very high in the open sky
of success.
Hamza Balol is a Chicken Soup for the Soul fan and he got the chance to read more than 4,000 short pieces from this best-selling series since he joined their daily newsletter more than 11 years ago. He currently works as International Purchasing Coordinator for a medical company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for more than 13 years. You can contact him at