Spirit Animal – Eagle Squabbles

 

Bald eagle in tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each winter, for the past six years, two bald eagles have wintered in Fish Creek Park.  Most often, one will see them in the early morning, cruising silently over the Bow River, watching for fish.  If one goes down to the river mid day, the eagles will be sitting on opposite sides of the river, on a high branch, watching for fish or small birds, for a snack.  In the times that I have watched them, they are generally silent.  However, about late January and early February, they begin to sit in trees on the same side of the river, and they begin to talk.  Their discussions get quite heated some times, with one or the other standing up straight, and raising its wings as an exclamation of a point made. 

The two birds sound suspiciously like a married couple fighting after being cooped up too long together.  One can almost hear them discuss how bad the fishing is, and that we should have gone further south into the US, and it is your fault that we are here.  My personal favourite discussion happens in February when they start arguing about when they should head North.

A funny thing happened the other day, however.  The eagles were arguing, and I was down on the path watching them.  One of them turned to me, and cocked its head, as though saying - “Are you paying attention?” 

I was caught by surprise.  What should I be paying attention to?  I walked with the dogs, deep in thought.  Obviously Eagle was trying to give me a message.  What was it?

The message came to me almost a day later.  It was:

Eagles are usually regarded as leaders because we fly so high, have a large view perspective, and we are quite large.  We are not afraid of anything.  Observe what happens to us when we are down in the trees, the details of life, and we lose that big world perspective.  We begin to argue and pull rank on little things, much like your political leaders do.

Up in the air, we have no need to assert our power.  We feel it, and we understand it, and we know that all others see our power as well.  Yet, when we get down on the Earth, we lose that sense of all knowing, and we need to show our power.  See how that is happening in Haiti.  From far away, you and all the countries that wish to give aid, see the big picture need as sending in medical aid, and behind that, life assistance (food, clothing, portable shelter).  On the ground, those leaders that would have that same perspective in a different situation, are getting caught up in power struggles over little details that should not be road blocks to healing.

Fledgling, so many of you humans go through life worried about the little things, and missing the much bigger picture.  You need to stand back, and get out of the way.  Your personal feelings are not that important.  They are growing pains.  The next time you have a “situation” in your life, try pushing it down to your toes, and look at it from your full height.  Your perspective will surprise you.

This message hit me with a force of truthfulness.  It was made stronger by the fact that I had read something similar, about humans having a very selfish perspective, in a book I was reading, called “Ancient Secrets Of The Fountain Of Youth” by Peter Kelder. 

The message to me was very clear – do not get sucked into the details of life as a drama.  Back away, and let the drama play out with out you!

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the upcoming workshop:

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