Once upon a time there was a bird that could not fly. Like wingless creatures, she walked on the ground, although she knew that some birds fly. One day, an egg from a flying bird accidentally fell into her nest, and she hatched it along with her eggs. The hatched chick began to grow and develop, but its inherent ability to fly did not manifest itself. Sometimes he asked his adoptive mother:
- When will I fly?
And the bird, tied to the ground, answered:
- To fly, you must be persistent in your quest, like all birds.
She didn’t know how to teach a fledgling chick a lesson in flying; she didn't even know how to push him out of the nest so that he could be convinced of his strength. Strangely, the chick did not notice this; a feeling of gratitude to his adoptive mother did not allow him to realize his situation.
“If it weren’t for her,” he reasoned to himself, “I would still remain in the egg.”
And sometimes he said to himself: “The one to whom I owe my birth, of course, will teach me to fly. It's only a matter of time or maybe it all depends on my own efforts; or maybe for this you need to have some kind of higher wisdom - there are no other reasons. One day, the bird that brought me to where I am today will take me to the next level.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru