I’m Not Going To Be Chicken Anymore!

A traveler stopped at the farm he passed along the way. While visiting he encountered something interesting. Mixed with the chickens scratching the ground for food was an eagle.

The passerby asked the farmer “Do you know you have an eagle there with your chickens?”

“Nah” answered the farmer, “It’s a chicken!”

The passerby was surprised and asked the farmer if he could pick up the eagle. He carefully lifted the eagle up and said, “Fly, you’re an eagle, fly!” He gave the eagle a gentle push and lightly threw him into the air. The eagle fell to the ground and began scratching for his food.

“See’ said the farmer, “he’s s chicken just like the rest of them!”

“Can I try again?” asked the passerby, “I know he’s an eagle.”

“Nope, he’s a chicken but go ahead if you must.”

So the passerby once again lifted the eagle/chicken over his head and threw it as high as he could saying “Fly!”

Again the bird fell to the ground and started scratching at the ground for his food.

“I told you so.” Said the farmer, “That one’s a chicken!”

The passerby just wouldn’t give up. He purchased the eagle/chicken from the farmer and took him way up to the top of a tall mountain where other eagles soared through the air. He lifted up the chicken and yelled, “You’re an eagle, one of the ceator's great birds. You have the ability to soar through the air with dignity and pride. It’s not wrong to be a chicken, but you are not a chicken, you are an eagle! So take all the courage you have and fly into the air.”

With that he tossed the eagle into the sky. It floundered a little, until it caught the air and suddenly the bird was flying majestically across the air. All he needed was to be reminded that he was an eagle. He didn’t need to be a chicken anymore!

As gay families we all to often let ourselves be cornered into being chickens. The world keeps telling us our lives are something to be ashamed of and we don’t have the right to soar with the rest of the world. We shouldn’t have children. We shouldn’t enjoy life. And we should be what they tell us we are.

But we don’t have to listen to them. We don’t have to be chickens anymore. We have the power and potential to soar like eagles. We are not better or worse, just different. And what we believe about ourselves we will pass onto our children and they will either grow up as chickens or soaring like eagles. We need to remember to be proud of who and what we are regardless of what others may say!

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