Learning from the Eagle

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As you look back at the year, and plan towards the coming year; learn from the Eagle.

• Eagles fly Alone and at High Altitudes.
They don't fly with sparrows, ravens, and other small birds.

Meaning –

Stay away from narrow-minded people, those that bring you down. An Eagle flies with Eagles. Keep good company. Don't waste time with people who don't contribute positively into your life.

• Eagles have an Accurate Vision. They have the ability to focus on something as far as 5 km away. No matter the obstacles, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.

Meaning –

Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacles and you will succeed. Learn to spot opportunities around you and take action once you spot one. Only one idea from God will make you money. Facebook owner came up with only one idea - Facebook. Steve Jobs. - Iphone. Bill Gates - Windows Operating System... just one idea from God!

• Eagles do not Eat Dead things. They Feed only on Fresh Prey.

Meaning –

Do not rely on your past Successes, keep looking for new frontiers to conquer. Leave your past where it belongs, in the past. Do not relish on yesterday's Success. Achievement is a continuous process...keep the fire burning...always!

• Eagles Love the Storm.
When clouds gather, the eagle gets excited. The eagle uses the storm's wind to lift itself higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagle locks its wings to brave the storm and uses the raging storm to lift itself above the clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the branches and leaves of the tree.

Meaning –

Challenges will come your way as long as you live on earth. Face your challenges head on knowing that these will make you emerge stronger and better than you were. We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers are not afraid of storms. They accept the current status and they find a way of adapting to the new environment and use this new challenge to rise to greater heights. Achievers are not afraid of challenges. They are Risk Takers. They relish the challenges and use them profitably. Fear is not your portion. You can do it ... Focus and lock your eyes and efforts on what makes you successful.

• Eagles Prepare for Training.
They remove the feathers and soft grass in the nest so that the young ones get uncomfortable in preparation for flying and eventually flies when it becomes unbearable to stay in the nest. The Eagle picks its eaglets on its back and takes them so high above the clouds....then turns on its back dropping the eaglets in order to train them how to fly. And one by one the Eagle picks them up before they hit the ground. In fear the eaglets finally know how to fly.

Meaning –

Allow yourself to be trained. Allow people to speak to you. You don't know it all. Have a meek heart to learn and listen to others whatever your position in society. Leave your Comfort Zone, there is No Growth there. Have a mentor, submit yourself under someone. Be humble. If you have to learn a new skill, tough decisions have to be made and there is pain to be experienced. Though it is dangerous, the Eagle drops its Eaglets. God will let you go through situations and allow you to drop as if he never cared...but He will never leave you nor forsake you until you eventually learn how to fly like an Eagle.

• When the Eagle Grows Old.
His feathers becomes weak and cannot take him as fast and as high as it should. This makes him weak and could make him die. So he retires to a place far away in the mountains. While there, he plucks out the weak feathers on his body and breaks its beaks and claws against the rocks until he is completely bare; a very bloody and painful process. Then he stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers, new beaks and claws and then he comes out flying higher than before.

Meaning –

Accept it! You are growing old by the day. Pleasure and the elegant looks you have today will all fade away. There comes a time that you have to settle. Have a family, a steady business or job, be in a steady relationship, have a house of your own. We cannot play forever. Pleasure never ends!  We occasionally need to shed off old habits no matter how difficult. Things that burden us or add no value to our lives should be let go of. Let it go, let it go, let it go. Be furious with yourself... be angry about your life... You can't be at the same position year-in-year-out. Take this time to shade off the bad habits....check and pluck out the things that make you bad ...things that make you look bad... friends that make you unsuccessful....there is pain but the end thereof is Success. You are a winner and you know it. God has you by his side. YOU are not alone... Do that which will make you successful!!! No one will pluck the old feathers from you; no one but you. YOU have to break your own break... and stay in isolation to medidate and pray about your situation. Some things don't go but with prayer and fasting. Be different....Pray more, Be more, See more and Grow on!