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[R Mull]

Sometimes I feel this way.

Thanks,
Robert Mull
Woodstock, Georgia




Subject: The buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee

The Buzzard, the Bat, the Bumblebee



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, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat, and the 
bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and 
frustrations, not ever realizing that all they have to do is look up.