Kite

Imagine you are a kite. Life will then be easily visualized.

Some people will release you into the sky, and you will get blown by the wind and lifted higher and higher. Many times the wind might stop; one cannot expect to be lucky all the time. However, the higher you go up, the stronger the wind will be, and the faster and higher you will soar. As time passes, you will eventually fly around easily and gracefully.

The next question then, will be what you will do next. Of course, you will realize suddenly that there is a thread pulling you from below. Looking down, you will see the joyful smiles of your kite-flyer and other observers. There are two things you can do. One, you can bask in your glory and be glad that you have served your purpose: you have entertained your 'masters' and maybe you might even be flying above other kites. You are proud to be who you are.

Two, you can believe that your destiny is more than being bound to the ground. You can believe that you can do more than entertaining the people below on the ground. You can break off the thread stopping you and take flight.

The two choices are both equally valid. The first one is after all the true purpose of the kite. The second one may seem like a bold, fresh idea, but it is also one that is extremely dangerous and might eventually lead to a much shorter lifetime for the kite. But it also means that the kite will have greater freedom, and will be able to float around and explore greater lands before finally being destroyed, instead of decaying in a house when its master gets too busy to fly a kite.

Which kite are you? I believe I am the second.