“Painful Push” Blog #90
Some days it’s enough to get up and just go get the mail. Other days, in depression I ask,
where does life take me now? Those days all I’ve done is beg for sleep to come, my only
refuge. Lonely, isolated and afraid, what is coming up next?
The Story of the Eagle
by Vishwabramana
The Eagle has the longest life-span of its species and lives up to 70 years old. But to get to
that age, the eagle must make a very difficult decision! In its 40th year, the eagle’s long
and flexible talons can no longer grab a prey which serves as food. Its long and sharp
beak becomes bent. Its old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, stick 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! This process last for 150 days or five months. The
process requires the eagle to fly to a mountain top and sit on its nest. There the eagle
knocks its beak against a rock until it plocks it out. Then the eagle will wait for the new
beak to grow back after which it will pluck out its talons. When its talons grow back, the
eagle starts plucking out its old-aged feathers. And after this, the Eagle takes its famous
flight of rebirth and LIVES for thirty more years!!
Why is change needed? To survive and thrive. We all need to go through pain. It can be
a painful push into powerful change. The old memories, negative habits and fixed
mindset must go. Freed from past burdens, we can take advantage of the powerful
present. IF an Eagle makes this life changing decision, so must we. The EAGLE avoids the
rain, by flying above the rain clouds. So we can see why my favorite bird, with rare insight
and a most amazing background, is the EAGLE.
Did you know that Eagles balance aggression with being graceful? If only us humans
could manage to do this. Eagles are one of the fastest birds on the planet, they can fly as
fast as a speeding car and they are full grown at twelve weeks old. Eagles do not push
their young out of the nest? In fact, they want their young to learn the hard way. So they
wait to feed their babies until the babies feel intense hunger. When the mother eagle is
building her huge nest, she starts by layering it. She layers the nest with thorns, rocks,
branches and other sharp materials not really meant for a gentle resting place! But after
the base part is done, she lines the nest with a thick padding of feathers, fur, wool, pine
straw and soft materials. This is where she lays her eggs. Here is where her newborn
babies get all their food and nutrition to grow. Then when the babies are ready to fly - the
Mother eagle does something bizarre! She starts to mess up the nest. She stirs it up. With
her long talons, she digs up the sharp rocks, the thorns, and the hard materials, moving
away all the feathers and the soft comforts at the top. The mother eagle knows it is time
to deliberately change the home environment for her young. It is time for her to make
them ready to mature and move on out of the nest. IT IS TIME for them to learn to soar
above the storms on their own. AND THEY DO. You and I can too.
Did you know about a man named Nick Vujicic? He is the founder of an organization “Life
without Limbs”. Nick has no arms and no legs. Yet he plays musical instruments and uses
a computer and gives motivational talks and he has written several books. Here is
another man, Andrea Bocelli. He is one of the most famous singers alive, and yet he is
blind. Still, he has gone on to sell seventy five million records and continues to sing!
Bethany Hamilton survived a shark attack at the young age of seventeen. She sadly lost
her entire left arm. After only four weeks, she was back surfing and was back competing
and eventually won six First Place trophies! Then we have another amazing man, Stevie
Wonder. Here was a man born blind and despite being blind from birth, he has recorded
thirty of the U.S. top hits. I only mention these people because they are like you and I, just
people. Yet, people that were born with severe adversities and have managed to not just
cope but overcome their adversitiy and contributed to society with great inspiration on
how to live life to its fullest.
Today I can face my pain. I can and will feel that internal “Painful push” and get out of my
“lower self” way. I no longer want to just survive but I want to thrive! As Dr. Seuss has said
in so many ways, “Oh, the things I can do, if I just allow myself to!
The Lord has showed us this magnificent Eagle who teaches her young to leave home
and manage on their own. Life is painful, yes, but it is in the painful push towards
awareness, that we G R O W strong internally. In my distress, loneliness and grief, I have
been made aware of the beautiful internal light that is inside to guide me. This light takes
all the darkness away. There is no possible way we can achieve internal growth without
the pain of dealing with life’s issues day to day to day. Yes, we can laugh and be happy
and enjoy one another. We are meant to do this. Here in lies the balance. However, it is in
the painful push of sadness, fear and darkness that we must search for GOD’s truth.
Every one of us has an internal warrior of super human strength! So many times we hear
of this person or that person using this super-human strength in miraculous ways. We too,
can do this. There is no question about it, in the face of all obstacles and no matter what
the cicumstances are, I AM designed to soar like the eagle. It’s in the remembering, that I
find my Higher Self who is internally waiting and then gets the painful push to come
forward IF we but let it into our hearts.
HE is in me today. Jesus waits in my heart. I can talk to him now.
“Can I accept the “painful push” and turn my trouble into triumph?”
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