The golden Eagle :

A man found an eagle’s egg and placed it under a brooding hen. The eagle hatched with the

chickens and grew to be like them. He clucked and cackled; scratched the earth for worms;

flapped his wings and managed to fly a few feet in the air. Years passed. One day, the eagle,

now grown old, saw a magnificent bird above him the sky. It glided in graceful majesty against

the powerful wind, with scarcely a movement of its golden wings. Spellbound, the eagle asked, “Who’s that?”

“That’s the king of the birds, the eagle, “said his neighbour. He belongs to the sky. We belong to earth – we’re chickens”. So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that’s what he thought he was.

Learning :

1. One is influenced by the environment he or she grows in.

2. You are what you think you are.

3. You are the product of your thoughts and your environment.

Reflections :

1. What are my limitations – my thoughts or my environment?

2. How do I see my real self?

3. How do I break the influence of environment?