The Life of an Eagle

This is such a powerful story that I just wanted to share it with you. Sometimes when we think that life has dealt us a tough hand, all it really is, is the time to give birth to our truest, most powerful selves. It’s not a do-over or second chance. It is the blooming and growing into our most powerful selves.

I hope you enjoy this little story.  I wish I could give a heartfelt thanks to the author but he or she is unknown to me.

The Life of an Eagle

The eagle has the longest lifespan of its species.  It can live up to 70 years.  But to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision in its 40's.  Its long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey, which serves as food.  Its long and sharp beak becomes bent.  Its old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its chest and make it difficult to fly.

The eagle is left with only two options: die or go through a painful process of CHANGE, which lasts 150 days.  The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountaintop and sit on its nest.  There the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it falls out.  The eagle will then wait for a new beak to grow back and when it does, the eagle will pluck out its talons.  When its new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking out its old feathers to allow them to grow back healthy.  And after five months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for ...30 more years.

I look forward to seeing you at my workshop March 6th so together we can make the radical decision to re-choose the life we were meant to live!