The Eagle’s Rebirth

What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

There is interesting story told about Eagles rebirth. It relates to today’s prompt. They shred their beak, feathers and talons and live for another 30-40 years. It is called their re-birth. I don’t know, how authentic is this story but it is always shared in corporate trainings. Let us have look at the story :-

The eagle has the longest lifespan 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 mountaintop and sit on its nest. There the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it plucks it out. Afterward, 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 out. And after five months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years.

I was born in lower middle class family and struggled hard to build the life which today I am living. Hence, I would not hesitate to go back to the roots. It is like rebirth of Eagle. All our possessions are materialistic and they are our wants and not our needs. You can certainly live your life without these possesions.

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