自由飞行的风(Free to fly with the wind )

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onewindyspringday,iobservedyoungpeoplehavingfunusingthewindtoflytheirkites.multicoloredcreationsofvaryingshapesandsizesfilledtheskieslikebeautifulbirdsdartinganddancing.asthestrongwindsgustedagainstthekites,astringkeptthemincheck.

insteadofblowingawaywiththewind,theyaroseagainstittoachievegreatheights.theyshookandpulled,buttherestrainingstringandthecumbersometailkeptthemintow,facingupwardandagainstthewind.asthekitesstruggledandtrembledagainstthestring,theyseemedtosay,“letmego!letmego!iwanttobefree!”theysoaredbeautifullyevenastheyfoughttherestrictionofthestring.finally,oneofthekitessueededinbreakingloose.“freeatlast,”itseemedtosay.“freetoflywiththewind.”yetfreedomfromrestraintsimplyputitatthemercyofanunsympatheticbreeze.itflutteredungracefullytothegroundandlandedinatangledmassofweedsandstringagainstadeadbush.“freeatlast”freetoliepowerlessinthedirt,tobeblownhelplesslyalongtheground,andtolodgelifelessagainstthefirstobstruction.

howmuchlikekiteswesometimesare.theheavengivesusadversityandrestrictions,rulestofollowfromwhichwecangrowandgainstrength.restraintisanecessarycounterparttothewindsofopposition.someofustugattherulessohardthatweneversoartoreachtheheightswemighthaveobtained.wekeeppartofthemandmentandneverrisehighenoughtogetourtailsofftheground.

letuseachrisetothegreatheights,recognizingthatsomeoftherestraintsthatwemaychafeunderareactuallythesteadyingforcethathelpsusascendandachieve.