Here is a story of an eagle that had lost his identity.

An eaglet once fell from his nest and a farmer found him and took him home.
He put him together with the chickens. The eaglet began clucking and pecking at
some grains on the ground as the chickens did, since he thought he was a
chicken, as he was growing along with them. Once the farmer's friend visited the
farm and when he saw the eagle amongst the chickens, he said to the eagle,
“You are an eagle, you are meant for the heavens, what are you doing here with
the chickens?” Hence he picked the eaglet and threw him in the air. The eaglet
flapped his wings, but fell to the ground and went back with the chickens. The
next time, the friend visited the farm, he saw the same eaglet with the chickens
again. He now took the eaglet to the top of the barnyard and threw him in the
air, the eaglet again flapped his wings and fell to the ground and again went
back with the chickens. The farmer's friend was sad. When the farmer's friend
visited the farm for the third time and saw the eaglet still with the chickens, he
felt really sad and this time he took the eaglet to the top of a mountain and
threw him high in the air. The eaglet, very frightened, flapped his wings and fell
downwards. As he was falling down, he flapped his wings harder and harder
until suddenly he soared up into the sky and disappeared. He had learnt to fly.
You are not called to be with the chickens in the barnyard, but you are called to
fly like an eagle in the heavens. When you are with the chickens, you may begin
to think like the chickens. Your place is not with the chickens, you are made for
the heavens.

gmahunni wrote:Beautiful! Also made me sad...so many eagles think they are chickens!!

Yes, it is important to remember who we are and where we came from. We are just 'here' for a short time, this world's problems are temporary. We are spiritual beings. For those who don't belive in God or the realm of spirit, how much more important to get it right I would suppose.