THE BUZZARD, BAT AND BUMBLEBEE


 BUZZARD
 If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is  entirely
open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be  an
absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight
from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its
habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life
in a small jail with no top.

 BAT
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in
the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on  the floor
or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt,
painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can  throw
itself into the air. Then, at once, it  takes off like a flash.

BUMBLEBEE
A bumblebee, if dropped into an open  tumbler, will be there until it  dies,
unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top,  but
persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom.
It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

 PEOPLE
In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the  bat, and the bumblebee.     We
struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never  realizing that
all we have to do is look up.

Author Unknown