Don't Be Conditioned to Lose

An eagle's egg was placed in the nest of a prairie chicken.
 The egg hatched and the little eagle grew up thinking
 It was a prairie chicken.
The eagle did what the prairie chickens did.

It scratched in the dirt for seeds. It clucked and cackled.
 It never flew more than a few feet because that is what
 The prairie chickens did.

One day he saw an eagle flying gracefully and majestically
 In the open sky. He asked the prairie chickens:
 "What is that beautiful bird?" The chickens replied,
"That is an eagle.
He is an outstanding bird, but you cannot fly like him
 Because you are just a prairie chicken."

So the eagle never gave it a second thought,
 Believing that to be the truth. He lived the life of and
 Died a prairie chicken, depriving himself of his heritage
 Because of his lack of vision.

What a waste! He was born to win,
 But was conditioned to lose.
 Do not let people or situations or even yourself
Condition you to lose in life.