one of my favorite stories is about a
man now this man is walking down a path
and finds an egg an eagle's egg he takes
this egg and puts it into the nest of a
backyard him pretty soon the Eagle
hatches with the chicks and grows up
with them now all his life that Eagle
did what the chickens then he would poke
around in the dirt looking for worms and
insects to eat he would fly a few feet
into the air like chickens do he cluck
around this time pass that ego he grew
very old and one day saw something above
him this staying it it glided gracefully
and majestically through the clouds
what's that the Eagle says
oh that that's an eagle one chicken
response he is the king of all birds the
master of the skies but we belong to the
ground because we are just chickens
don't worry about him you will never be
then and that Eagle lived and died a
chicken because that is what he thought
he was this new year
it's time to take flight you and me both
know that you don't belong where you are
right now you don't belong with some of
the people you're around right now you
got no business doing what you're doing
right now you're being a chicken when
you were born an eagle so now the
question is how long is it gonna take to
make the decision to make the shift and
show some courage show some character
let me tell where characters funny you
know character is the ability to carry
out a resolution long after the
excitement of the moment has passed I'm
gonna say that again because some of
y'all might have missed it character is
the ability to carry out a resolution
long after the excitement of the moment
has passed
are you gonna say you want to wanna do
something do it for two weeks and then
quit like you did last year like you did
the year before last you say you want to
lose weight get in shape get your
business off the ground get closer to
God and then turn around and party get
lit drink alcohol eat like crap and
continue to live below who you were
created to be thereby committing the
greatest sin known to man no no no no no
no I'm not I'm not religious but I'm
gonna take you to church watch this see
the word sin once they see the word sin
comes from the Greek word sin used in
archery it means to miss your mark
the greatest sin in life is to miss your
mark to not be who you were created to
be to be a chicken instead of an eagle I
don't know if you guys remember growing
up the story of Icarus
you know a lot of people remember the
Icarus being this guy who he had to the
wings made out of wax his father
cautioned him not to fly too high or the
Sun will melt your wings and what
happened it was Icarus his arrogance
that caused him to fly too high Sun
melted his wings and boom fell to the
earth dead but that's not the full story
no no no you you didn't know there was
more to it see Icarus his father also
cautioned him against flying too low
he said don't fly too close to the sea
or your weight will cause you to plummet
into the water see we all know not to be
too arrogant throughout most of us but
how many of us know not to be too humble
to meet too timid too shy too safe
it is said that the greatest tragedy in
life is not that people aim too high and
miss it is that people aim too low and
hit I see a lot of people on Facebook
now everywhere Instagram I'm talking
about the friendzone ha laughs hee hee
he's in the friendzone look at the hover
hand but I don't see too many people
making jokes about the other zone the
comfort zone
ain't no memes about that ain't no jokes
you know why because a lot of y'all in
there well in this new year let's step
out of our comfort zone fortune favors
the bold and it is the cave that you
fear the cave that you fear that will
hold the treasure that you desire forget
a new year's resolution forget it let's
make a new life resolution to be fully
and authentically you I don't know what
dream you have but I can guarantee you
there's somebody in the hospital right
now playing begging God to have the
opportunity that you have right now
don't blow it
it is time it is time to go from
mediocre to meteoric it is time to go
from being counted out to being counted
on it is time to fly the evil you are oh
do you want to continue to cluck with
the chickens
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