Thoughts to Ponder –

By Alka Chandiramani

Hold a mirror up so that you will clearly see your own brilliance and remind yourself of it.

I wanted to share with you a story and an excerpt that I recently read about an eagle…
“A boy found an eagle’s egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chickens do – scratching the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew old and bitter.

One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.

“Oh, I wish I could fly like that!” said the eagle. The chicken replied, “Don’t give it another thought. That’s the mighty eagle, the king of all birds – you could never be like him!”

And the eagle didn’t give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken.

My friend, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!” (Native American Legend)

Some of us are blessed with infallible self-belief, but most of us are not. However, what happens when the penny drops, when you finally believe you can fly and make the leap, is nothing short of miraculous.

What about you? What is your heart’s desire? Do you realise that you too were born an eagle, intended to “soar on the thermals high in the sky”?

Or have you been listening to the prairie chickens? Indeed, do you sometimes delude yourself into thinking that you are just a prairie chicken?

If you truly believed you were an eagle, what would you fly towards? What do you WANT?

What’s stopping you? Has a prairie chicken told you that you are just a prairie chicken? If so, perhaps you need to start hanging out with some eagles, or try leap off that cliff and stretching your wings?

What do you think might help you to believe that you are an eagle? What steps do you need to take to strengthen that belief? Take those steps and soar like an eagle!