The Chicken and The Eagle Story
There’s an old story about a farmer who found an eagle’s egg and not knowing what else to do, he put it in the nest of a backyard chicken.
The egg hatched and the eaglet grew up with the brood of chicks. It was only natural that the eagle should do what the backyard chickens did, as he just assumed he was a backyard chicken, too. He scratched the ground for worms and insects; clucked and cackled; and sometimes even would thrash his wings and fly a few feet in the air. Year after year, it was the same thing.
After years had passed, and he was old, he saw a magnificent bird soaring far above the farmyard. It seemed like it was enjoying gracefully gliding among the powerful wind currents, with very little movement of the wings.
The old eagle looked up and asked, “Who’s that?” His neighbor said, “That’s the eagle, the grandest of birds. He belongs to the sky, while we belong to the earth for we are chickens. So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that’s what he thought he was.
This is just an amazing story. You are what you think you are. Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right, Henry Ford.
Story source: Gulfbreezenews.
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This is a wonderful proverb! I read a quote somewhere which basically says the same thing: “If you were born in a poor family, that’s not your fault. But if you die a poor man, then that’s your fault.” I really love it and keep it in mind every time I feel like giving up.