Which would you rather be an eagle or an oyster?

Which would you rather be an eagle or an oyster?

Once there were two eggs discussing what they wanted to be when they hatch. The first egg said, “I want to be an oyster when I hatch. An oyster just sits in the water. It has no decisions to make. The currents of the ocean move it about, so it doesn’t have to plan. The ocean water

that passes by is its food. Whatever the ocean provides is what the oyster may receive, no more, no less. That’s the life for me. It may be limited, but there are no decisions, no responsibilities, just a plain existence controlled by the ocean.”

The second egg said, “That’s not the life for me. I wish to be an eagle. An eagle is free to go where he wants and do as he pleases. Sure he is responsible for hunting his own food and making survival decisions, but he is free to fly as high as the mountains. The eagle is in control, not controlled by others. I wish no limits placed on me. I do not wish to be a slave of the ocean. For this I am willing to pay the effort required to live the life of an eagle.”

When God made the oyster, He guaranteed him absolute economic and social security. He built the oyster a house, a shell to protect him from his enemies. When hungry, the oyster simply opens up his shell, and food rushes in.

But, when God made the eagle, He said, "The blue sky is the limit. Go build your own house." And the eagle went out and built his house on the highest mountain crag, where storms threaten him every day. For food, he flies through miles of rain and snow and wind. This majestic bird symbolizes those individuals who are willing to stand out, to risk, to achieve, who crave the freedom to stand or fall on their own accomplishments.

The Eagle, not the Oyster, is the emblem of America.

The Oyster has ended up many times on my dinner plate, never the Eagle, think about it.

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it cost nothing to be a patriot." -Mark Twain

"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger." - Confucius