Thursday, August 6, 2009

Why change is important


The Story of the Eagle

The eagle has the longest life-span among Birds.
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.
Then, 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 mountain top and sit on 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 this change needed?
Many times, in order to survive
we have to start a change
process.

We sometimes need to get rid of old
memories, habits and other past traditions.

Only freed from past burdens, can we
take advantage of the present.

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