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BURDENS GIVE US WINGS
Author Unknown
February 22, 2012

An old legend relates that long ago God had a great many burdens which
He wished to have carried from one place to another on earth, so He
asked the animals to lend a hand. But all of them began to make
excuses for not helping: the elephant was too dignified; the lion, too
proud; and so on. Finally the birds came to God and said, "If you will
tie the burdens into small bundles, we'll be glad to carry them for
you. We are small but we would like to help."

So God fastened upon the back of each one a small bundle, and they all
set out walking across the plain to their destination. They sang as
they went, and did not seem to feel the weight of their burdens at
all. Every day the burdens seemed lighter and lighter, until the loads
seems to be lifting the birds, instead of the birds carrying the
burdens.

When they arrived at their destination, they discovered that when they
removed their loads, there were wings in their place, wings which
enabled them to fly to the sky and the tree tops.

They had learned how to carry their burdens, and their loads had
become wings to carry them nearer to God. Burdens we carry for others
may become wings of the spirit, to lift us into happiness such as we
have never known.

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