Once upon a time...

Once upon a time...

a king went hunting in the jungle...

caught one of the most beautiful bird...

beautiful feathers, exotic colors....simply fascinating.

brought it back to the palace...

guards upon guards upon guards....

special room for the bird.

Many  watchmen and security guards.

Golden cage...studded with diamonds and rubies and emeralds...

Most delicious food....

by and by the bird started liking that cage.

forgot to fly...became sad and depressed.

One day someone opened the cage...and let the bird out....

it felt the flutter in it's wings...

took off...

in the vastness of the blue sky...

Yesss it is possible...big birds may eat this fellow up,

the rains may shatter it's wings...

and the lightening may burn him up...

Yet...the joy ...to feel the vastness...the open sky...

the freedom...

The bird is born to fly...not to stay in a cage.

Yesssss there may be problems and challenges...

It has to follow it's dharma...to fly.

It has to do it's karma...to fly.

because that's what the bird is supposed to do.

Now, meditate on the thought  - 

 What am I supposed to do? What's my true nature?