Yesterday the jungle babbler took me back
in time and today as I walked along, I was still in the world of birds. I
remembered story of a bird family I had read as a child.
There was a bird that had formed
a nest in a field in the midst of tall grass. Every day the mother bird went
out to pick up food for the baby birds and the baby birds eagerly waited
till their mother was back. One day as
the mother bird came back, she saw that the babies were scared and unusually
quiet. She asked them about the reason. One of the babies said, “O mother today
the owner of the field was walking around. He looked around and commented about
the wild grass to be cleaned up. What will happen to us?” The wise mother told
the babies not to worry and their routine continued for a week. Again after a
week the mother bird saw her babies worried when she returned back. Babies told
her that the same man had returned and he talked about getting some farm-help
to clear the weeds. Mother bird smiled and reassured the babies. Few days
passed peacefully and the mother could see the fear haunting the babies once
again. She asked, “What happened today?” One of the baby birds said, “Well, the
same man had come and he said that tomorrow he himself will start clearing the
field”. This time the wise mother bird thought for the moment and told the baby
birds, “Its time to go. Lets move to a safer place.” Next day morning she
shifted her babies to another place.
This simple story kept coming
back to my mind. The message also is simple but profound. Many of us are aware
about the weeds we need to clear in our life / mind but just the awareness does
not help. Then sometimes we keep waiting for a help to arrive and no-one is in
any hurry to clear your weed. The day you take a step to act yourself, it would
actually happen sooner than later. The wise little bird knew this reality and
shifted her babies only when the owner talked of doing something on his own!
As the year comes to an end, here
is wishing my friends a new year full of purposeful action. Do take charge of
your own destiny and act to clear the unwanted weed in your life! Wishing you
an action filled 2014
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