Once upon a time, the animals decided they should do something meaningful to meet the problems of the new world. So they organized a school.
They adopted an activity curriculum of running, climbing, swimming, and flying. To make it ‘fair‘ and easier to administer, all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming, in fact, he was better than his instructor was! However, he made only passing grades in flying, and was very poor in running. Since he was so slow in running, he had to drop swimming and stay after school to practice running. This caused his webbed feet to be badly worn so he became only average in swimming. But “average” was quite acceptable, therefore nobody worried about it ─ except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of his class in running, but developed a nervous twitch in his leg muscles because he had so much makeup work to do in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing, but he encountered constant frustration in flying class because his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of from the treetop down. He developed “charley horses” from overexertion, so he only got a “C” in climbing and a “D” in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was severely disciplined for being a non-conformist. In climbing classes, he beat all the others to the top, but insisted on using his own way of getting there! ─ Chuck Swindoll
The Moral of this Story: Everybody is a “10”…somewhere! And no one’s a “10” everywhere. We need to Let our people spend their time doing what they are good, dare I say great, at. And quit wasting our time trying to ‘fix’ them and get them to become at least adequate at everything. (Our attempt to fix them, has consequences. And they aren’t good.)
