TWO BIRDS One day on my way to Australia to speak at a LEADERSHIP conference, I had a brief layover in Atlanta, Georgia. As I sat near the window watching the aircraft land, suddenly I was attracted to the arrival of another bird of flight, a seagull. Standing there spellbound, I realized I was WATCHING TWO BIRDS AT WORK---ONE NATURALLY BORN TO FLY, THE OTHER FABRICATED IMITATION. ONE BIRD IS AUTHENTIC, THE OTHER UNNATURAL. ONE IS ORIGINAL, THE OTHER A COPY. ONE WITH NATURAL AUTHORITY, THE OTHER WITH UNNATURAL AUTHORITY. The seagull, gliding on the NATURAL CURRENTS OF THE WIND, gently landed right in front of the massive aircraft that arrived to take me to my next destination. SUDDENLY, OVER TWO DOZEN MEN AND WOMEN WENT INTO ACTION WITH MACHINES, HOSES, BLOCKS, GUIDING LIGHTS, GENERATORS, AND ALL SORT OF EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE THE BIG BIRD THAT APPROACHED THE JET BRIDGE. ({[NO ONE MOVED TOWARD THE SEA GULL.]}) One of the men ran to the front of the big bird, two to the side, one grabbed an air-conditioning hose; another was in a fuel truck, another in a catering van, and still another drove a conveyer belt vehicle; there were baggage handlers, mechanics, engineers, and cabin cleaners. ({[NO ONE MOVED TOWARD THE SEAGULL.]}) [{(THE (NATURAL BIRD) NEEDED NO ONE TO SERVICE HIM.]}) HE NEEDED NO ARTIFICAL OXYGEN SUPPLY, CATERING, CLEANING, FUEL, AND THE LIKE. IT WAS AMAZING. In that moment, I learned one of the most important lessons in life: WHEN YOU ARE NATURAL AND DO WHAT (YOU) WERE NATURALLY CREATED TO DO, ([THEN MAINTENANCE IS ([LOW.]) IF YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING YOUE WERE (NOT NATURALLY BORN TO DO,) THEN YOU WILL NEED HIGH MAINTENANCE AND DEPEND ON (ARTIFICIAL SUSTENANCE.) THE COST AN UPKEEP WILL BE EXTREME. There at the window at the airport I learned again THE POWER OF DISCOVERING YOUR NATURAL AREA OF GIFTING AND DEDICATING YOURSELF TO DEVELOPING, REFINING, AND EXERCISING YOUR GIFT. ({[IF (YOU) ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING YOU WERE NOT CREATED OR DESIGNED TO DO BY YOUR CREATOR, (THEN YOU WILL SPEND MOST OF YOUR LIFE ON MAINTENANCE AND NOT IN SERVICE.) LIFE BECOMES A STRUGGLE, A TORTURE, AND A BURDEN. The bird is a LEADER in the area of flight and does it WITHOUT HEAVY MAINTENANCE. WHEN YOU FIND ([YOUR SPOT]) AND EXERCISE YOUR GIFT IN SERVICE TO THE WORLD, YOUR LEADERSHIP BECOMES NATURAL AND EFFORTLESS.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:58:52 +0000