Lessons from the eagle

If the eagle choose to live, for the next 150 days, it must train itself to fly beyond the high mountains, build and live in a nest and cease all flying activities.

It then begins to knock its beak against granite rocks till the beak is completely removed. When a new beak is grown, the eagle will use it to remove all its old claws and wait quietly for new ones to be fully grown. When the new claws are fully grown, the eagle will use them to remove all its feathers, one by one.

Five months later, when its new feathers are fully grown, it will soar in the sky again with renewed strength and is able to live for the next 30 years.

In life, sometimes, we have to learn to make difficult decisions so as to make room for changes. Changes bring about renewal. And the only way for us to soar again is to let go of old ways, old habits and old lives, put aside our baggage and start afresh - only then will we soar like an eagle again!