YOU NEED WINGS

There are two basic windows in the life of an eagle when it cannot fly or soar.

The first is when it is still an eaglet, young and immature; while the second is during the moulting phase, when it sheds off feathers to mount on new ones.

Both processes are natural and developmental. The first happens once in a lifetime while the second happens at least once a year.

Without feathers and wings, the high-flying eagles stays aground, implying that potential is essential, but capacity is very crucial.

So, why would the eagle replace it’s feathering every year? It is same as asking why the engine oil in the car needs to be replaced periodically. It is to freshen up capacity, to reinvigorate and reinvent so as to remain efficient as a highflyer.

The ability to fly, and fly well, is for security against predators and to increase access to food and safety. Therefore, though it is a regular exercise, it is not a mere routine to embark on casually, bearing in mind that life and wellbeing depends on it.

Can we connect this with what we do every year in terms of re-tooling and re-strategizing as humans? Do we do it as though our life and existence depend on the outcome? Some of us do it at the start of the year while others do at the end, with some top up sessions in-between. For some, it is a think-tank; for others, it is prayer and fasting; for yet another group, it is stock taking; and for many of us, it is all in one.

So, we need to ask ourselves questions at this time. Do we do these exercises with a checklist by the side, or do we merely run through a routine? Do we end the process when we have mounted up with sufficient feathers to fly or we merely end it when the referee blows the final whistle? With inability to develop sufficient feathers the eagle cannot fly. That means it cannot access food and it’s security is in danger.

It critical for us to remember that even youths (in all their strength and exuberance) will eventually grow tired and weary, and young men( in spite of charisma and stamina) will stumble and fall; but those who wait on the Lord (take time out to shed off old wings and old man) will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint