Birds born in a cage think Flying is an illness.

by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

But you know what some birds born in a cage still dare to dream to be free someday. They will keep wishing for the freedom and try their best to break free just to experience the breath of freedom. Let’s call them Group A birds. These group A birds have their own world of imagination. They have their own minds to think. But they also have their own battles to fight. Because then the other birds born in the cage who think flying is an illness, lets call these group B birds, these will stop others from flying. They will warn the group A of all the things that scared them. They will give them their fears. They will do everything to stop the group A birds from flying away, may be out of fear, or because they care. All this might result into another generation of birds living in the cage.

Well, I don’t actually blame the group B birds. They have been brought up thinking freedom is not for everyone. They have been brought up thinking that they are meant to live in the cage till their last breath. They grow up with a fear to fly. But they just make one mistake. Mistake of passing it on to the next generation. If you have lived your whole life in the cage doesn’t mean you stop others to fly. Doesn’t mean you give them your fears. Doesn’t mean flying is an illness. Doesn’t mean you cannot dream.

Many might just stop fighting after the warning from group B birds. But there will be at least one such bird who turns out to be rebel, stubborn fighter and is not willing to give up, no matter what. This rebellious soul is often frowned upon. Because this soul has chosen to go the direction that no one went. This little heart, standing all alone with head held high, defending its own actions, dare to keep walking the chosen path. Nothing can defeat this strong mind. Nothing.

Here, I would like to take a moment and explain 3 important things I am trying to convey: 

• Birds born in cage are grown up with limiting beliefs and it’s not their fault to think flying is an illness. Their fault is to stop others from flying. Just because they couldn’t, doesn’t mean others cant.  
• The road not taken by everybody else is still open for all. The one who chooses to take this road is not wrong. That person is simply different, thinks different. He will have his own set of experiences- good and bad. But he is not wrong. He is different. 
• Your willpower and your strong mind will help you achieve all that you want. You might have heard of this story of an elephant who was chained in his childhood. He tried to get rid of that chain when he was a baby elephant but he couldn’t. Tired of trying he gave up. He never tried to breakfree again after he grew up although he was tied to the same chain. He was more powerful now and could have easily broken the chain. But he already had given up thinking he wasn’t strong.

Our Mind, our beliefs play a huge role in shaping our life. 
Let the mind be free, 
Lets not restrict ourselves and others
Lets get rid of all the limiting beliefs.

Lets open our wings 
and fly high
Overcome fears
And touch the sky 

Lets breath free and lets others breath freely.

Before I end the blog, here are some famous lines in Hindi.

मंजिल उन्हीं को मिलती है, 
जिनके सपनों में जान होती है, 
पंख से कुछ नहीं होता, 
हौसलों से उड़ान होती है

Translation-"Only those reach the destination whose dreams have life and belief,
Because you don't need wings but courage to fly."

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