07/10/2024
A Big Thank You to Ryan Hill for carving this beautiful eagle and to Phillip Arilss, who is the most incredible, talented, artistic, smart, hard working human I've ever met outside of Gary Young, for making the spinning basket that this eagle sits in, and getting it up there! And Pete David DeVivi for helping. It was an exhilarating day and this story is what prompted me to request it, as I feel my journey has been much like this......
Eagles live 70 years, but at 40 they must make a difficult decision, their talons become so long and flexible that they cannot. hold the prey they feed on. The long and sharp beak curves too far on the chest and no longer is useful. Their wings are old and heavy, according to the large size of their feathers, and then flight becomes very difficult for them. It has two alternatives: abandon itself and die, or face a painful process of renewal, which consists of flying to a nest in the mountains near a wall because it is safe. The eagle starts hitting the wall with its beak with great force until it is pulled. Then it will wait for a new beak to grow, with which it will detach its old nails one by one. When the new claws begin to hatch, it will begin to pull out its worn feathers. And after all those long and painful five months of wounds, scars, and growth, he manages to make his famous flight of renewal, rebirth, and celebration to live another thirty years ...In our lives, to continue a victory streak, we often need to take shelter for a while and begin a process of renewal. We must let go of habits, traditions, and memories whose weight prevents us from moving forward. Only free from the past can we take advantage of the valuable result that a renewal always brings us. Renewal within involves putting order in the mental world, removing memories of frustrating or painful events to remain only with the
experience of what we have learned. To put ourselves in order, to renew and escape, we must know ourselves, know who we are, what our potentialities are and where we want to go.
No need to adapt to the problem; there is a possibility to get rid of it. But the road is a bit difficult, the road is a challenge. It's your choice. Let's follow the path of the eagles.
Always up, always forward.
