The Golden Cage

There was ones a bird, who was entrapped. She lived in a Golden Cage. The cage had all the best facilities, it was pretty, she was given good food & had plenty of water. To any body on the outside, it seemed that the bird was leading the best of lives in the beautiful Golden Cage.

But the bird was not happy. She knew what the people on the outside thought of her life. It was only her heart that knew the truth. That she yearned for the free skies. She did not desire the Golden Cage. A cage however nice & comfortable, did not provide the freedom, the free air, the sense of independence that she longed for. She would often dream of flying across the clear blue skies, of finding her own food & living in the wide world, but her dreams were always broken when she woke up to face the bitter realities of her life, entrapped in the those four golden walls. Who would ever believe her that whether the walls were made of gold or copper, it still was a cage & the sense of being trapped in any, was just as bad.

This story holds true for many of us as well. We although being humans, are often entrapped in various Golden Cages & although the world may envy our position, it is only the caged bird, who is aware of the miseries of her life within the cage. Many of us yearn for the flight across the clear blue skies, to live a life of freedom, when the reins of our life are in our hands, instead of somebody else controlling us.

When a human is made to lead a life by the rules of others, he can either accept his fate & choose the golden cage & make his peace with it. Or, he can find a way to get out of that cage.He may get hurt in the process of escape, but the air will heal his wounds & the Sun will show him the path which he can choose & lead his life in a better way, rather than repenting later & thinking,"If...".