Soaring Like Eagles

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I've been meaning to post this for the longest time because I think it's so amazing.

"The eagle allows the storm to take him to a higher place... the eagle finds a rock when he's in trouble and lets the sun cleanse him from any poisons. The eagle doesn't flap around like the chickens and crows and sparrows. It waits patiently on the rock for the thermal currents, and only then does it take flight. Not by it's own effort, but by the effort of the wind beneath its wings"

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" When a female knows a male is interested, she leads him on a chase through the skies, swooping, diving, and soaring high above the hills. When the chase is nearly over, she flies as high as she can and flips onto her back, free-falling toward the ground. It is the male's job to place his body over hers and grasp her talons, flapping his wings with all his might to keep her from certain death. Moments before they hit the ground, the female pulls out of the dive and circles the male. Because he had been willing to stay even unto death, he will have proven himself as a mate. The eagles are joined for life from that point on."

Eagle information from A Time to Dance by Karen Kingsbury