WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED

This was a very interesting story and I thought that if I was challenged by it you would too. The writer describes his visit to a zoo. He looked at a penguin on a rock and thought to himself: “You are such a poor creature… your wings are too small, you cannot fly and worst of all: The creator didn’t even give you knees…” His mind was made up that this creature was a poor design!

As he walked down a little stair way he looked through a glass pane into the pool. Suddenly the penguin jumped into the water and now he was flying… Wow he thought to himself. The penguin was in his element. Later he did some research and discovered the following:

Penguins are ten times more streamlined than a Porsche!

With the equivalent amount energy of one liter fuel they can swim 2500km.

Penguins are excellent swimmer and hunter and they enjoy being in the water.

They are more advanced than anything built by humans.

The thought rang through him, “did I really think that this was a poor design? “

Like the little penguin needs water to be in his element we all need an environment where we can develop our strengths. This story is in a way a metaphor. Let’s begin to search for our element. We might just be surprised. At this point the caretaker stepped forward with a sponge squeegee, which he took into one of the toilet cubicles, dipped into the toilet bowl, and then used to clean one of the lipstick-covered mirrors.