There lived a King who loved birds. His fascination
lay mainly in falcons. Once he was gifted two beautiful falcons by a friend and
he was pleased beyond limits. He immediately hired a trainer and expressed his
deep desire to see them soar into the heights.
After a few
months of training the trainer went to the King, “Your Majesty”, he said, “I
have trained both the Falcons equally well with all my skills and knowledge.
One of the Falcons can now fly to heights, where even the eyes may fail to
track him”, he paused.
“This is excellent news for me Trainer, bring him
fifty gold coins”, ordered the King.
“Wait, but what about the other Falcon?” he asked
quizzically.
“I am extremely sorry Your Majesty but I am helpless
in his case”, the trainer’s face fell. “He simply sits glued to a branch and
shows no sign of flying at all. I have taught him all that I know. He knows how
to fly, but he just doesn’t do it.” The trainer looked frightened thinking how
the King would accept this news.
“It just might not be your fault”, spoke the King
after a thought. “You did train them and one of them did achieve what I
wanted”, he paused. “We’ll put up the problem in the council”, he declared.
Next day the problem was presented in the council and
the word was sent throughout the kingdom announcing the problem with the King’s
Falcon. At the end of the day an old man turned up in the court claiming that
he can fix the problem. The King allowed the old man to leave with the trainer
to the Falcon.
Next morning, the first thing the King saw upon waking
was his two Falcons soaring into the sky. He was overjoyed and rushed to the
old man and the trainer who stood in the garden watching them.
“What magic have you worked upon my Falcon?” he
questioned with a wild excitement ringing in his voice.
“Your Majesty”, began the old man slowly, “I simply
cut down the tree that the Falcon always sat on” was the reply.
The quality and tenure of the training you undergo is
never the deciding factor. There are always habits or negatives in you that
keep you chained into your previous, undeveloped and crude self. The only way
to express your true potential and to soar into heights is by breaking away
from certain traditions and believes as well as habits that thwart your
progress. Once you break free and sever away from that which chains you, you
are ready to fly high, unbridled and intimidating.
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