Haritosh SrivastavFounder & Head Coach, Confident Storytelling Hub

Story of Baby Giraffe being kicked again & again to Learn a lesson | Confident Storytelling Hub

6 Apr 2024 · 2 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker describes the harsh birth ritual of a giraffe calf, which is repeatedly kicked by its mother immediately after birth. The successive kicks force the newborn to stand, run, and become self‑sufficient, because its soft flesh makes it vulnerable to predators and the mother cannot stay with it. The speaker uses this natural survival training as a vivid analogy for human life, suggesting that the “kicks” we receive—whether from Mother Nature, circumstances, or challenges—are meant to push us toward resilience, self‑reliance, and growth. The narrative ends with a reflective question, urging listeners to recognize and embrace life’s hardships as training rather than punishment.

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Do you know the baby giraffe is kicked the moment it is born? You see, the giraffe goes through a long period of pregnancy, and the moment it delivers, the baby giraffe falls from a high distance. And before it can get into any senses, the mother giraffe aligns just over him and gives the baby a very high, a high impact kick. The baby giraffe doesn't get any idea and it's actually thrown multiple meters away. And before the baby giraffe can understand anything, the mother giraffe comes again on top of the baby giraffe and gives him another big kick. Now once again, the baby giraffe is not able to understand anything but is trying to make sense And before it could make any sense, he gets another huge kick. By the end of the third kick, the baby giraffe understands that I have to do something. I don't want to be kicked. So it starts to stand up on its feet, and once again, the mother giraffe comes and gives him another big kick. The baby giraffe feels the impact, but now it starts running. And the moment it starts running, the mother giraffe comes and embraces and hugs the baby giraffe and kisses. Do you know why does that happen? You see, the baby giraffes, the flesh of the baby giraffe is very soft, and the lions and rhinos and all the other wild atrocious animals love that meat. And the mother giraffe cannot be with the baby giraffe all the time. That's why the moment the baby giraffe is born, it's kicked and trained by the mother giraffe so that it can learn to self-sustain and run. How many times are you going through kicks in life, the slaps of life? You can also think about the Mother Nature may be training you as a baby giraffe.