A woman sat on a park bench, exhausted, watching her three children play.
Suddenly, an eagle descended from the sky and landed beside her.
— “Are you alright, human mother?” — asked the eagle.
— “I’m scared,” she confessed. “I want to give them the best… but I don’t know if I’m raising them right.”
The eagle looked at her with quiet wisdom.
— “Raising isn’t about comfort. It’s about strength,” the eagle said.
“When my eaglets are born, the nest is soft and safe. But when it’s time to grow, I remove the feathers and leave the thorns. The discomfort pushes them to seek more. Comfort teaches nothing.”
The woman frowned.
— “And when they fall?”
— “I throw them into the sky. At first, they fall. But I catch them—and throw them again. Until they fly. Then… I step back.
I don’t raise the dependent. I raise the free.
I don’t shield them from pain—I teach them to rise above it.”
The woman looked at her children and took a deep breath.
— “So… I have to let them fall?”
The eagle nodded.
— “It’s not falling. It’s learning. Even if it hurts, your task is to teach them to fly.”
The woman smiled, gently hugged her child, and whispered:
— “Thank you, mother eagle. Your words are a treasure.”
She walked away—not just as a mother, but as one who would now teach her children to fly.
If you want your children to soar—
Don’t do everything for them.
Don’t keep them in a nest of comfort.
Let them face the wind, the struggle, the fall.
Don’t fear the stumble—you’ll be there to help,
but not to carry their wings.
True love isn’t protecting them from life—
It’s teaching them how to live it. Even when it hurts.
Let them find their own sky.
“Don’t prepare the road for your children.
Prepare your children for the road.”
— (Inspired by Carl Jung and echoed by Jordan Peterson)
Every tear, every effort… will be worth it
when you see them take flight—
strong, free, and full of life.
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