He had his wing over his eye and he was crying.
The owl said to the bird, "You are crying."
"Yes," said the little bird, and he pulled
his wing away from his eye.
"Oh, I see," said the owl.
"You're crying because the big bird pecked out your eye."
And the little bird said, "No, I'm not crying because
the big bird pecked out my eye.
I'm crying because I let him."
It's easy to let influence shape our lives,
to let associations determine our direction,
to let pressures overwhelm us,
and to let tides take us.
The big question is,
are we letting ourselves become
what we wish to become?
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