THE PARROT AND THE VULTURE.
Once upon a time a group of hunters went to a forest. They captured a vulture and a parrot and brought them to the village.
One of the hunters took away the parrot and the other took away the vulture.
Upon going home, the first hunter put the parrot in a cage made of light steel with small grills.
The second hunter put the vulture in a strong iron cage which had bars in its walls.
Once the parrot woke up to consciousness he was saddened to see himself trapped in a cage. It was the first time he had seen the cage though he had heard about it from some of his forest friends. He remembered even his friend, the vulture had been captured by the hunters.
The parrot banged the cage with all his might but the cage didn't bend or break. He thought to himself, "Oh. How lucky the vulture is. He would have easily broken the cage by now and be back in the forest."
The vulture on the other side woke up to see himself trapped in a strong iron cage with bars.
However he noticed there were small gaps between the bars and he thought he could try escaping.
With all his might, he tried to escape through but his giant body and wings came in the way.
He thought to himself, "How lucky the parrot is. He has a smaller body and he would have easily maneuvered his way out and be back in the forest by now."
Both, the parrot and the vulture sat defeated in their respective cages thinking wistfully and cursing their bodies.
However what they didn't realize was- the hunters had by mistake not bolted the door of the cage. With little more brain and little more effort, both could have escaped.
The parrot and the vulture didn't realize that their cages were made differently.
This is what happens to us too.
We curse and crib ourselves and our shortcomings and keep comparing ourselves with others thinking each of us has similar problems. On the contrary the fact is each of us has different obstacles because we are made differently..
A soldier in Rajasthan never suffers from frost bite and a soldier in Siachen never suffers from heat stroke.
There are problems which are unique to each of us. So, what are we going to do- just sit sullenly cursing ourselves or try and explore ways to come out of our cage?
As Franklin D. Roosevelt said-
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."
~ Devashish Palkar
Once upon a time a group of hunters went to a forest. They captured a vulture and a parrot and brought them to the village.
One of the hunters took away the parrot and the other took away the vulture.
Upon going home, the first hunter put the parrot in a cage made of light steel with small grills.
The second hunter put the vulture in a strong iron cage which had bars in its walls.
Once the parrot woke up to consciousness he was saddened to see himself trapped in a cage. It was the first time he had seen the cage though he had heard about it from some of his forest friends. He remembered even his friend, the vulture had been captured by the hunters.
The parrot banged the cage with all his might but the cage didn't bend or break. He thought to himself, "Oh. How lucky the vulture is. He would have easily broken the cage by now and be back in the forest."
The vulture on the other side woke up to see himself trapped in a strong iron cage with bars.
However he noticed there were small gaps between the bars and he thought he could try escaping.
With all his might, he tried to escape through but his giant body and wings came in the way.
He thought to himself, "How lucky the parrot is. He has a smaller body and he would have easily maneuvered his way out and be back in the forest by now."
Both, the parrot and the vulture sat defeated in their respective cages thinking wistfully and cursing their bodies.
However what they didn't realize was- the hunters had by mistake not bolted the door of the cage. With little more brain and little more effort, both could have escaped.
The parrot and the vulture didn't realize that their cages were made differently.
This is what happens to us too.
We curse and crib ourselves and our shortcomings and keep comparing ourselves with others thinking each of us has similar problems. On the contrary the fact is each of us has different obstacles because we are made differently..
A soldier in Rajasthan never suffers from frost bite and a soldier in Siachen never suffers from heat stroke.
There are problems which are unique to each of us. So, what are we going to do- just sit sullenly cursing ourselves or try and explore ways to come out of our cage?
As Franklin D. Roosevelt said-
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."
~ Devashish Palkar
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