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What You Are Good at Is a Clue
From struggle to strength
A duck, a rabbit, a squirrel, and an eagle wanted to go to school to improve themselves. The courses at the school were running, climbing, swimming, and flying. The teachers insisted that all the animals learn everything.
The duck was excellent at swimming but was very bad at running. The teacher thought he needed to improve on running and made him focus on that. All day he ran which made his webbed feet hurt so badly.
The rabbit was very good at running, but sucked at swimming and kept drowning. He just didn't know how to stay afloat and had to drop out of school.
The squirrel could climb to higher heights but the teacher wanted to him learn how to fly. He got frustrated when he kept falling and got a mediocre grade.
The eagle wanted to fly to the top of the tree instead of climbing. He didn’t want to swim during swimming lessons. And when it was time to go running, he made it clear that he would not run! The teacher got mad at him and kicked him out of school.
All the animals were frustrated, unhappy, and unfulfilled. They didn't know what to do with their lives.
One day, while the duck, rabbit, squirrel, and eagle were feeling sad about their experiences, they heard a soft voice coming from the…
