Story :I remember seeing a documentary film on the life of birds, and one of the scenes I saw really caught my attention.
I saw a "cruel" mother eagle "pushed" her offsprings from her nest (high up in the mountains), down to the deep "emptiness" of the valley below. At this point, I was thinking that this "mother" must be "mad", feeding her kid for weeks, then just "dumping" it away !
I saw the poor "kid" falling down the depths of the mountain, almost on a vertical basis, while flapping her wings almost like crazy. It looked as though she is going to fall to her death.
Then as the camera zoomed in closer to the falling kid, I noticed that her descending speed seemed a lot slower now ! As she was falling, she still continued to flap her wings.
Then as I gasped for some fresh air ! she "stopped" in mid air! then.....The next thing I saw was that she's soaring up, with a new found "confidence", and circling the mountains, fulfilling her inborn destiny, Soaring high up in the skies as proud as an Eagle should be.
Reflection :
I saw a "cruel" mother eagle "pushed" her offsprings from her nest (high up in the mountains), down to the deep "emptiness" of the valley below. At this point, I was thinking that this "mother" must be "mad", feeding her kid for weeks, then just "dumping" it away !
I saw the poor "kid" falling down the depths of the mountain, almost on a vertical basis, while flapping her wings almost like crazy. It looked as though she is going to fall to her death.
Then as the camera zoomed in closer to the falling kid, I noticed that her descending speed seemed a lot slower now ! As she was falling, she still continued to flap her wings.
Then as I gasped for some fresh air ! she "stopped" in mid air! then.....The next thing I saw was that she's soaring up, with a new found "confidence", and circling the mountains, fulfilling her inborn destiny, Soaring high up in the skies as proud as an Eagle should be.
Reflection :
I could suddenly see many similarities between the eaglet and us as human beings. I do believe that we are all born with a "magnificent" destiny, that is to soar the open "skies" of our life. I also believe that God created us for a purpose, and that is to live our lives to the fullest.
The problem is, when God "pushes" us out of the "nest", or make us "jump" out of the nest, (He hands out multitude of problems, or Massive Failures come upon you) we fall down the "depths", flapping our "wings" like crazy, ( we come up with many solutions, but none seems to work. We try again & again & again....... , but we get nothing but failures & more failures...... . )
At this point, many of our potential "eagles" give up, they stop flapping their "wings" and just let themselves fall down to the depths! It is true that these free falling beings will not die, as their aerodynamic body would ensure a smooth landing even if they do nothing at all !
But living a life of quiet desperation with a "sinking" feeling is no great deal any way !that your life could have been otherwise, or could have been a lot better. Isn't this worst than death itself?
For those "brave" ones, who still continues to flap their "wings", they will still continue to "fall" deeper and deeper into the depths of the "valley", (the depth that we will fall is different for everyone), only to find out that........Suddenly, they stopped "falling", and begin their upward flight, "soaring" up way above, far above where their nest lies ( their present, their comfort zone ), to soar the skies as an eagle should, fulfilling their destiny.
Only then, they will realize that "falling" down is a step to "soaring" up - as long as you keep on "flapping" your "wings". Keep flapping your wings, my friend!
The problem is, when God "pushes" us out of the "nest", or make us "jump" out of the nest, (He hands out multitude of problems, or Massive Failures come upon you) we fall down the "depths", flapping our "wings" like crazy, ( we come up with many solutions, but none seems to work. We try again & again & again....... , but we get nothing but failures & more failures...... . )
At this point, many of our potential "eagles" give up, they stop flapping their "wings" and just let themselves fall down to the depths! It is true that these free falling beings will not die, as their aerodynamic body would ensure a smooth landing even if they do nothing at all !
But living a life of quiet desperation with a "sinking" feeling is no great deal any way !that your life could have been otherwise, or could have been a lot better. Isn't this worst than death itself?
For those "brave" ones, who still continues to flap their "wings", they will still continue to "fall" deeper and deeper into the depths of the "valley", (the depth that we will fall is different for everyone), only to find out that........Suddenly, they stopped "falling", and begin their upward flight, "soaring" up way above, far above where their nest lies ( their present, their comfort zone ), to soar the skies as an eagle should, fulfilling their destiny.
Only then, they will realize that "falling" down is a step to "soaring" up - as long as you keep on "flapping" your "wings". Keep flapping your wings, my friend!
As seen as shared in : Servants of Grace Christian Fellowship
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