[CS-FSLUG] The Buzzard, Bat, & Bumblebee

[Fred A. Miller]

BUZZARD
 If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8
 feet and is entirely open 
 at the top, the bird, in spite of
 its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner.
 The reason is that a 
 buzzard always begins a flight from the
 ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to
 run, as is its habit, it 
 will not even attempt to fly,
 but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail
 with no top.
 
 BAT
 The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a
 remarkably nimble creature in 
 the air, cannot take off from a
 level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat
 ground, all it can do is 
 shuffle about helplessly and, no
 doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight
 elevation from which it can 
 throw itself into the air. Then, at
 once, it takes off like a flash.
 
 BUMBLEBEE
 A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will
 be there until it dies, 
 unless it is taken out. It never
 sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in
 trying to find some way 
 out through the sides near the
 bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until
 it completely destroys itself.
 
 PEOPLE
 In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat, and
 the bumblebee. We 
 struggle about with all our problems and
 frustrations, never realizing that all we have to do
 is look up.

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