Lessons from Eagles
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Eagles symbolizes greatness; traditionally Eagles associated with nobility, authority, pride, fierceness, freedom and courage. We love and respect these special birds of prey. The question is what can we learn from the Eagles.
An Eagle with his prey.
PRINCIPLE 1
Eagles fly alone at high altitude and not with sparrows or other small birds. No other bird can goes to the height of the eagle. Stay away from sparrows and ravens.
Eagles fly with Eagles.
PRINCIPLE 2
Eagles have strong vision. They have the ability to focus on something up to five kilometers away. When an eagle sites his prey, he narrows his focus on it and set out to get it. No matter the obstacles, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.
Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacle and you will succeed.
PRINCIPLE 3
Eagles do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh prey. Vultures eat dead animals, but eagles will not.
Be very selected with what you read and listen to. Do you only research.
PRINCIPLE 4
Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the wings of the storm to rise and is pushed up higher. Once it finds the wing of the storm, the eagle stops flapping and uses the pressure of the raging storm to soar the clouds and glide. This gives the eagle an opportunity to rest its wings. In the meantime all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees. We can use the storms of our lives (obstacles, trouble, etc) to rise to greater heights.
Achievers relish challenges and use them profitably.
PRINCIPLE 5
The Eagle tests before it trusts. When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursuing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air with the male pursuing her.
Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases it. He has to catch it before it
falls to the ground. He then brings it back to the female eagle.
The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a higher altitude and then drops the twig for the male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of catching the twig which shows commitment. Then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her.
Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of people intended for partnership.
PRINCIPLE 6
Eagles prepare for training. When about to lay eggs, the female and male eagle identify a place very high on a cliff where no predators can reach; the male flies to earth and picks thorns and lays them on the crevice of the cliff, then flies to earth again to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest. He flies back to earth picks thorns and lays them on top of the twigs. He flies back to earth and picks soft grass to cover the thorns, and then flies back to pick rugs to put on the grass. When this first layering is complete the male eagle runs back to earth and picks more thorns, lays them on the nest; runs back to get grass and rugs and lays them on top of the thorns, then plucks his feathers to complete the nest.
The thorns on the outside of the nest protect it from possible intruders. Both male and female eagles participate in raising the eagle family. She lays the eggs and protects them; he builds the nest and hunts. During the time of training the young ones to fly, the mother eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest and because they are scared, they jump into the nest again.
Next, she throws them out and then takes off the soft layers of the nest, leaving the thorns bare. When the scared eaglets jump into the nest again, they are pricked by thorns. Shrieking and bleeding they jump out again this time wondering why the mother and father who love them so much are torturing them. Next, mother eagle pushes them off the cliff into the air.
As they shriek in fear, father eagle flies out and picks them up on his back before they fall, and brings them back to the cliff. This goes on for some time until they start flapping their wings. They get excited at this newfound knowledge that they can fly and not fall at such a fast rate.
The father and mother eagle supports them with their wings. The preparation of the nest teaches us to prepare for changes; the preparation for the family teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success.
The being pricked by the thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable 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, get out of the nest and love on. We may not know it but the seemingly comfortable and safe haven may have thorns.
The people who love us do not let us languish in sloth but push us hard to grow and prosper. Even in their seemingly bad actions they have good intentions for us.
PRINCIPLE 7
Eagles rejuvenate. When the Eagle grows old, his feathers become weak and cannot take him as fast as he should. When he feels weak and about to die, he retires to a place far away in the rocks. While there, he plucks out every feather on his body until he is completely bare. He stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers, then he can come out.
We occasionally need to shed off old habits & items that burden us without adding to our lives.
By Dr. Myles Monroe (Edited)
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
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Hello Giovanna,
That is so powerful. We can learn so much from eagles.Love the way that they teach the young ones to fly. That they work together to do it for the success of all. How selective they are of there mates, to bad human women do not use this more. Thank you for including this in your blog.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”
Hi Gio .. what a wonderful set of 7 principles for the eagle .. I didn’t know about number 6 - so that was really interesting .. I think my Ma would be interested in that.
They are 7 good maxims we should follow .. and we need to cast off our old ways more often than we think we should ..
Eagles soar - & so does this article .. thank you
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters
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Who knew you could learn so much from eagles?! The first one is interesting because on one hand in makes me think about how we should fly with people who are supportive of us and who understand us, but, on the other hand, it seems a bit to be promoting the idea that we stay within one group (which could be a race or religion or gender or species) and I’m not sure I agree with that. All of the other points are great ones though!
Geo,
wonderful article.this reminds us of the wonders of God,who is
the Creator,and nourisher,and He has the knowledge of all that is in the earth,in the heavens and in the minds of His creation.
That is enough reason that He is the only being worthy of worship.
I’ve always been a fan of eagles. They seem so well-designed.
I like the wording of principle 4 - Achievers relish challenges and use them profitably. It’s a reminder to find the lessons and profit from the experience.
Hi Giovanna,
We can learn much from animal behavior! I enjoyed the analysis of eagle behaviors and what we can do in our lives to improve ourselves.
Thanks for the intersting post!
Pete Baca
The Car Enthuisast Online
Thinking about all the lessons I’ve learned this year, so far and the mistakes I will not repeat (er…hopefully).
Hi Deanna
Yes, I agree. If human can be more like Eagles, more of us will have a happy family.
Thanks for your comment and sharing your thoughts.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Hilary
This might be a good story for your mom.
Thanks for your comment and joining the conversation.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Positively
Humm, I never think of this #1 that way, thanks for putting it under a new light. It is always interesting to see things in more ways than one.
I see #1 as within a group that have the same believe system and purpose.
Thanks for your comment and thanks for making me think.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Masoud
Amen, my friend.
Thanks for your comment and being a part of this.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi J.D.
I thought of you when I did this post, it just reminded me of your teaching. I am glad you enjoyed this one.
Thanks for your comment and support.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Pete
We can learn so much from the way how a Eagle lives its life.
Thanks for your comment and sharing your thoughts.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action