Life Lessons From The Eagle

The Eagle has the longest life span amongst the birds. It can live up to 70 years, but to reach this age the Eagle must make a hard decision. In it’s 40’s it’s long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey, which serves as food. It’s long and sharp beak become bent. It’s old aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers become stuck to it’s chest and make it difficult to fly. Then the Eagle is left with only two decisions: to die or to go through a painful process of change for 150 days.

The process requires the Eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on it’s nest. There the Eagle knocks its beak against a mountain top until it plucks it out. After plucking it out the Eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and it will then pluck out its talons. When it’s new talons grow back, the Eagle starts plucking out its old-aged feathers.

After 5 months the Eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years.

Why change is needed:

      1. Many times in order to survive; we have to start a change process.
      2. We sometimes need to get rid of old memories, habits and other past traditions.
      3. Only freed from past burdens can we take advantage of the present.

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens. Not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.

When it rains, most birds head for shelter; the eagle is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, starts flying above the clouds...

Editor’s Note: ok so this isn’t exactly true about the Eagle, but the metaphor is brilliant and it got you thinking!