Clipped Wings

By Joycelyn Lewis

This story is not for everyone. This story is for the person, who is living beneath their potential. Who has allowed the voices of opposition to keep them locked in the cage of life keeping them from saying yes to living out of their uniqueness. It's for the person who is beautiful, but they don't know it, they are hiding the vibrant colors of their wings. If you know that someone. Or if you are that someone. Get this book It will bless you It will bless them - The bird that was the inspiration for this story is the lilac breasted roller.How this book was birthed: In 2017 I attended a writers retreat. I had been to the facilitators house before, but this time she had a bird. She also had high ceilings. I asked her what did she do to retrieve the bird when the bird flew up to the ceiling. She said, "It won't because the wings are clipped."One of the writing prompts during the retreat was to write about a word that God was speaking to us in that particular season of our lives. As I began to write I began to observe the little bird with clipped wings walking around outside the cage. While observing the bird, I discovered that the bird was me. I had been living a clipped wings life. I wrote the story in about 45 minutes and it was approximately one page.At the conclusion of the retreat we all read something we wrote. I read about the clipped wings bird. And mostly everyone was in tears. Even myself. So I began sharing this story when I would teach classes with questions for discussion and the story always resonated with the hearers. People began asking me if they could have a copy of the story and in one of the classes a woman suggested I have it illustrated. I determined that in order to preserve me as the author of this story I needed to put it in book form. I considered just having one copy printed and only giving it to those who heard the story and asked for it, but decided I would share this story with the world.The week the story was to "go live" on Amazon, there was lots of opposition. The day before it went live, my husband and I were rear ended. I had back and neck pain. And the day it "went live" my grandson was hospitalized (for 2 weeks). Confirmation this story is really special.I am so glad I persevered and this story is preserved in book form. This is my story. I've learned how to overcome the clipped wings life and if you are living the clipped wings life, then read this story you will do the necessary thing and.....well you must read the book to see what you must do.Joycely

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1085854663
• ISBN13: 9781085854665
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"