One lazy
afternoon, under the filtered shade of a tree in a quiet corner of the zoo, a
young camel lay curled beside his mother. The crowd had thinned. The air was
still. It was just the two of them, soaking in the lull of another day behind
the enclosure fence.
The baby
camel, eyes wide and curious, turned to his mother and asked,
“Mama, why do we have these big humps on our backs?”
His
mother smiled, gently nuzzling his forehead.
“That’s a good question, my love,” she said softly.
“We’re desert animals. These humps hold fat, which our bodies use to survive
long days without water.”
The
little one nodded slowly, then blinked at his long legs stretched out in front
of him.
“Okay…
then why are our legs so tall and our feet so round?”
“So
we can walk for miles on hot desert sand without sinking,” she replied proudly. “Our feet are
like soft snowshoes, and our long legs keep our bodies away from the burning
ground.”
The baby
squinted as a breeze stirred the dust. His long eyelashes fluttered and tickled
his cheeks.
“And
what about these super long eyelashes? Sometimes they get in my eyes and feel
annoying.”
The
mother chuckled softly.
“They’re meant to protect your eyes from sandstorms. Out in the desert, the
wind can whip up sand so fiercely, you can barely see. These lashes act like
curtains, shielding us.”
The
little camel was quiet for a while.
Then,
with a puzzled expression, he looked up again.
“So… we have humps for storing water, legs for walking on desert sand, and
eyelashes to protect us from the wind… right?”
“Yes,
exactly,” the mother said
gently, sensing there was more.
“Then
Mama…” he asked, eyes
full of wonder and confusion, “why are we here? In a zoo?”
His
mother looked away for a moment—her eyes distant, full of memories of a place
she'd never seen but instinctively knew.
“Because sometimes,” she said quietly, “we’re born with all the right
tools… but we end up in the wrong place.”
The
Lesson:
This
simple conversation between a mother and her child carries a powerful truth:
Our gifts, talents, and strengths matter—but only when they’re used in the
right environment.
You
might be a brilliant thinker, a creative soul, a natural leader—but if you’re
stuck in the wrong job, the wrong relationship, or the wrong mindset, those
gifts can go unnoticed. Wasted.
Just
like the camel, you were made for something more.
So ask
yourself:
Am I
using what I’ve been given in a place where it matters? Or am I just going
through the motions in someone else’s cage?
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