too many eagles act like chickens.
Last night, I met a close French friend of mine who is exceptional at what he does, one of the top “sommelier’s” in the world (wine expert) And considered one of the best in France. The guy is exceptional, but he doesn’t believe in himself as much as he should.
I consider this man to be one of my closest French friends and when I am in France, I always organise my schedule to enjoy a great dinner with him.
Over the years ….when we are enjoying one of these dinners, we always talk about that idea I keep hammering in this blog: “….but, I have to make it happen.”
And very often, I will remind him of a story he told me several years ago …. because I keep pushing him to go after his dream.
I think many of us can take something from his story, so I share it in today’s blog.
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My friend told me since he was a child, he dreamed of taking a couple years off to back pack around the world.
According to him, esp. when he was finishing high school, he dreamed all the time about travelling the world.
But everyone he told this dream to told him it was too dangerous; and he needed to get over it because it was “just” a dream.
After a couple glasses of champagne, my friend became passionate…
He talked in great detail about how the world is full of people who are threatened by those who try to make their dreams happen, and do what they can to get in the way of others from achieving more than themselves.
Then he told me about a story that I have never heard before…
The story of a baby eagle who fell from his nest high up on a cliff, and landed on the ground … next to a group of baby chickens.
Upon hitting the ground, the baby eagle struggled to stand, and cried.
But, the mother chicken ran over to him and immediately, took the baby eagle under her wing.
For the next many years, the baby eagle grew up with a bunch of baby chickens and learned how to be a chicken.
And then one day, he was at school and saw an eagle soar high in the sky …
as he and all his friends watched the beauty and power flying above them in the sky, he told everyone, ‘one day I will soar like an eagle.’
But everyone laughed and told him: ‘it’s not possible because chickens can’t fly …’
Hafsa
Hi Scott! Away from this blog.. What happen with your challenge?! The zero fat challenge..
It is good to see you blogging! Even i was planning to visit you only to say please post something 🙂
Kristina Papialiayeva
What a great story! Proximity is a power indeed and its so sad to see that most of people don’t realize fully the impact that their close community makes on them, I was not able to realize it for many years. “Love your family, choose your peers” is my recently established rule and it helped me to spread my wings wide.