The Bird Church

Your potential is your gift from God, what you do with it is your gift to God and the world.*

A mentor of mind told a story so deep in impact, so on point, regarding potential:
Dave just moved into his new dream house and he set up his office perfect so that he could see the opening of a historic church. He set up his home office the first week and on Sunday morning (the church being historic, and not in operation) he was surprised to see a strong attendance going to the church. This wasn't the astonishing part, no, it was that the attendees were walking, yes walking into church very orderly and they were BIRDS! He couldn't believe what he was seeing, thinking it was a hoax he decided to take a closer look. . .

What he saw next was more astonishing he perched (pun) himself by the door so that he could see into the chapel. Up in the front was a preacher bird. He was in front of his congregation and was chirping them one of the greatest sermons ever heard among feathered company. He was calling out: "You are all designed to fly, you have feathers wings, bone structure, body structures. Those things by your side if you move them up and down fast enough you can FLY!"

Pretty soon all the birds began experimenting, they started for the very first time noticing the strength of their wings moving them back and forth quicker and quicker. It wasn't long before the birds were zipping back and forth faster and faster across the chapel, what was once an orderly session was now pandemonium. Birds all over collisions in mid-air as they received strength. What excitement. . .

The chapel bell sounded that Sunday morning and the birds all walked out.

There are so many times that we are allowed to see our true potentials, then as we walk away from that clarity, that vision, we take on mediocrity and a society of mediocre people creates meritocracy.

Joshua Andrus
www.hiresite.info

*quoting John C. Maxwell- 25 ways to win with people