one day a lioness died while giving birth to a cub at the time a herd of sheep were passing by the lion cub joined them accidentally the Sheep also thought in to be part of their herd and so the cup was brought up by sheep [Music] and while living with the Sheep lion cup believe him to be a sheep since was growing up among sheep therefore it was natural for him to live like sheep he was living with sheep he believed that he was sheep and vegetarian and started eating grass with a great joy he
had no conception of what a lion was he had no idea not even in his dreams that he was a lion how could he have all around him were sheep and only sheep he had never roared like a lion he had never been alone like a lion with the passage of time the Cubs started growing up he became a beautiful young lion the Sheep became accustomed to him just as he became accustomed to the Sheep but one day an old lion attacked their herd when he saw this young lion among the crowd of sheep he
could not believe his eyes he had never seen such a thing he was astonished to see a young lion grazing among the Sheep neither were the sheep afraid of the Lion [Music] nor were they aware that the lion was among them he forgot he was going to catch a sheep and decided to catch hold of the Young Lion and find out what was happening old lion attacked the flock of sheep to capture Young Lion seeing him all the Sheep started running to save their lives Young Lion also run away to save his life although it
was difficult to get hold of young lion but somehow The Old Lion got hold of him The Old Lion said to him you idiot why are you escaping from me the Young Lion was crying and weeping he said please leave me I am a poor sheep please let me go he was shivering with fear and bleeding like sheep it did not take long to understand The Old Lion what is the matter The Old Lion pulled him toward the lake the Young Lion was resisting and reluctant to go he tries not to go there he was
scared of death he was crying and weeping but The Old Lion wouldn't allow him he pulled him and took him to Lake the lake was silent like a mirror The Old Lion forced the Young Lion to look into the water The Old Lion said to the young lion [Music] just look at my face and look at your face look at my body and look at your body in the water the Young Lion saw in the lake with tearful eyes as he saw him in that Lake he was astonished for the first time he saw that
he didn't look like sheep but like a lion he understood that in reality he was not a sheep but a lion and within a second there came a great Roar hearing is Roar the whole Forest trembled the Sheep disappeared he was a totally different being now he recognized himself the identification with sheep was not reality it was just a mental concept now he had seen the reality the Young Lion could feel a strange energy he had never felt before as if it had been dormant he could feel a tremendous power and he had always been
a weak humble sheep all that humbleness all that weakness simply evaporated now there is a very deep message hidden inside this beautiful story just think about what undiscovered talents and abilities could be lying hidden within you you could also be a lion surrounded by a bunch of sheep there will be people around you who will always make you feel that you cannot do anything in your life because somewhere you also have become like them while living with them you have to stand out from the crowd of such people and recognize your true potential and the
day you recognized the potential of that lion within yourself then no one will be able to stop you from moving on the path to success this is Buddha bless you motivational stories thanks for watching and stay blessed [Music]
