Soar Up And Live Like an Eagle

Eagle is an amazing bird. If you have noticed an Eagle, it always flies at a very high altitude in comparison to other birds. They also fly either alone and or along with other Eagles but never with other small birds. Eagles have a very strong and sharp vision, their ability to focus on something up to 6 kilometers away is powerfully used when an Eagle sites his prey. The Eagle then narrows his entire focus on it and sets out to get it at any cost. It will never move or divert its focus from the prey and it will surmount any difficulty or obstacle, in order to achieve its goal – that is, to grab the prey.

As we look at our lives and our careers, we need to ask ourselves ,do we in the first place have a purpose, a plan, a goal or a vision, be it personal or professional? Just like the Eagle who focuses its vision on the prey and goes about getting it , do we remain focused no matter what obstacles or hurdles come our way. If we remain focused on our Vision ,we are sure to succeed in achieving our Goal.

Yet again, Eagles love the storm, when the clouds gather the Eagles get very excited. In fact , the Eagle uses the storm’s wind to lift it higher; once it finds the wing of the storm the Eagle uses the raging storm to rise higher above the clouds. This gives the Eagle an opportunity to glide and then rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide away in the leaves and branches of the trees.

Our lives will never be free of any storms and difficulties, but the point is, do we use the storms that come in our personal and professional lives to rise to greater heights or do we get bogged down and allow the storm to get higher than us. There’s an English song that goes on as “ when the going gets tough, the tough gets going”. Achievers relish challenges and use them to their advantage. As an Achiever, do you welcome the storm, may be a sudden change in your personal plans or on the professional front it could be the stiff and new competition from the others in the field, do we use that very storm to send all the small and big players back into their very Cocoon.

Finally, when we look at the nest of an Eagle, it is always made up of twigs, then the thorns and on the top of it all - the soft grass. The Eagle goes on to add its own feathers to the soft grass that is on the top. The young one of an Eagle is thought how to fly from this very nest. The Eaglet is first thrown outside the nest by the mother Eagle, being scared the Eaglet jumps back into the nest, the Eagle then takes off the soft layers of the nest leaving the thorns bare; when the scared Eaglet jumps again into the nest, it is pricked by the thorns, this goes on until the Eaglet learns how to fly with the help of the Mother Eagle.

In life, we will be pricked by thorns, telling us that sometimes being too comfortable and seeking security where we are, may result into our not experiencing life, not progressing, and not learning at all. The thorns of life come to teach us that we need to grow, to get out of our comfort zone and experience the world outside and the challenges it has to offer to us. So go on Soar Up and Live like an Eagle!