THE LITTLE SPARROW WITHIN US

What is the best that lies within us and of how much are we capable? 

An old Arabic legend tells of a rider finding a spindly sparrow lying on its back in the middle of the road. He dismounted and asked the sparrow why his feet where in the air.

Replied the sparrow, "I heard the heavens were going to fall today."

"And I suppose you think your puny little bird legs can hold up the whole universe?" laughed the horseman.

"Perhaps not," said the sparrow with conviction, "but one does whatever one can."

The strengths to overcome the trials in this life are not measured by physical strengths. It is measured through the desirers of a willing heart. By, Linda Sumner Urza, One fine