Riding On The Storms Of Life
One bird that is admired so much in the animal kingdom and has been heavily referenced is the eagle. The eagle's style of flight has been a subject of discussion for a long time now and here, we will also be drawing life lessons from it. If you have had the opportunity to see an eagle in flight, you will understand that there is a difference between soaring and flapping of wings to fly.
Whenever the storm comes, other birds are known to take a recess to wait for the storm to calm but the eagle is different here. What it does is to calculate the direction of the storm and tilts its wings to align with that same direction. In doing this, the storm that is the bane of other birds will lift the eagle and it will not need to exert much effort to flap its wings.
The reason behind the ills you are passing through is not because of the storms that is facing you but because of what you are made of. The same storm that other birds are afraid of and will easily carry other birds is the same that the eagle leverages on and rides on. This shows that firstly, you need to build up what is inside you in order to be able to face what is coming. Secondly, you have to build ahead of the challenge and not to wait till the challenge approaches.
It is important to know that storms will not come to destroy you if you are well prepared for it. In order to prepare for it, you have to work on yourself. Note this: the strategies or skills that will save you on the day of battle is not the ones you picked up in the day of the battle but the ones you have developed before the battle. The battlefield is what makes the captain but he must first be prepared for it.
The knowledge of your ability, who you are and your strengths is the first step to preparing for the day of challenge. The eagle is able to put up with these amazing feats because it knows it has the ability to do so and it has discovered what it is. Imagine if an eagle lives its whole life thinking it is a chicken, it will not maximize its true potential and any storm will intimidate it.
I once heard an amazing story. A lion's cub was adopted by a local farmer when he saw it stranded in the bush. The farmer had a herd of sheep and so he put the cub in the midst of the sheep and all of them were raised together. The baby lion also ate grasses with the rest of the sheep. As time went on, the farmer had to relocate with his herd (together with the lion-turned-sheep) to another location. So they were attacked by a pack of lions.
When the attacking lions came, the farmer, the sheep and the lion-turned-sheep all ran for their lives. The scenario repeated a while until one day, the farmer's lion went to the river to have a drink together with the other sheep and amazingly, he saw his image as it was reflected by the water and he realized that he had more resemblance with those creatures that attacked them than with his own supposed family of sheep.
The next time the lions came to attack, the farmer's lion simply stood (while other sheep ran) and that marked a turning point in its life. You see, it was able to face the challenge because it discovered itself. Before you complain of the storm, first build yourself to withstand it. Remember this; if the storms overwhelm you, it is not because the storm is bigger than you, it only means that you should work more on yourself.
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Thanks a lot for the comment Sam, it's an honour
One thing about success is it doesn't come easily. Storms will follow when pursuing success and we must be very determined to overcome the storms
You're right, we have to be determined to succeed, the storms of life notwithstanding.
Thanks buddy
This is really great and impacting, thanks for such a great post.
Thanks a lot @grace-p
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Thanks buddy
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Life is very stormy, but it can become an aspect where despite adversity you have to keep moving forward.
Greetings and thank you for your contribution.
That's right. We do not have to be discouraged by the storms of life but we need to ride on them. Thanks buddy
Hello friend @samminator.
As usual you share with us another excellent reflection of life, where it is very important to highlight what you express:
You are absolutely right my friend, we must always prepare ourselves to resist and overcome any adversity, thank you for sharing such extraordinary content with all of us, greetings and many successes.
Exactly, we should always brace up to face the storms of life. Thanks a lot for the nice comment and happy Sunday buddy
Under all circumstances, under all projects and as a law of life you must always be prepared to face the challenges that you may have in the middle of a storm, and I am sure and strongly agree with you that the secret is in the way you prepare for this. and one is with education and all types of education such as formal and education that can be called informal education.
Thanks for the amazing comment buddy, truly I'm honoured by it. Have a blessed day
Sometimes, it is not easy to stand your grounds during storm. But you are correct, we have if we want to overcome our challenges. Nice article.
That's it, it may not be easy but with determination, we can challenge the challenge. Thanks bro
If we build ourselves, break our limits, put goals after goals while doing our best in all ways without giving up then we will really know our true potential, we just need to be powerful enough to face whatever challenge, and making it a reason to develop more... Actually, challenges are here to test us and if we deal with it well enough we will pass it easily, that's life...
The way you made everything look like a story is amazing because I was even excited to read more, I really like your post and the ideas behind it, thanks for sharing!
Wow! Such a powerful and insightful comment. I am really grateful. Thanks and stay blessed buddy
hello @samminator,
life is an accumulation of challenges that allow the human being to believe, the storms in people's lives will only make your character visible, we all face challenges every day and only the strength of character will allow you to face those storms that life presents to you.