Learn from the eagle...

The eagle has the longest lifespan within its species. It can live up to 70 years. But to live to this age, the eagle has to make a hard decision. When it reaches its 40’s, its long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey for 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 that makes it difficult for it to fly.

Now, the eagle has only two options: to die or to go through a painful process of change that lasts 150 days. The process requires that the eagle fly to the top of a mountain and sit in its nest. There, the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it plucks it out. After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its talons. When its new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its old-aged feathers. And after five months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years.

Why is change needed? Often times, in order to survive, we have to start a change process. We sometimes need to get rid of past baggage, old habits and some irrelevant traditions. Only when we are freed from past burdens, can we take advantage and make the best use of the present moments.