SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF AN EAGLE TO LIVE BY

My Meat is to do the Will of my Father which is in Heaven. This year, 2016 has come and is gradually fading away as they say that a drop of water makes a mighty ocean, Come to think of it, tomorrow will be another day (7/1/2016). The time spent today can't be retrieved, it is gone, it is gone!!!!

Yesterday(5/1/2016) noon, it occurred to me that I asked myself

"Isaac, last year achievement is not enough, you have set resolutions for yourself, much is expected of you this year, so, I looked up to God, and for good 3 hours, I mean 3 hours I was communicating with God, after which I slept off.

Guess what?

I had a dream, In the dream I was standing by a shadow, but to my greatest surprise, the shadow begin to speak but in language I don't understand.. And I said, "But I don't understand" The shadow said, Isaac, you have set resolutions but you need just seven steps to make sure thes 7 steps work for you.

Immediately, on my kneels, I begin to beg, show me this 7 steps I pray. The shadow said, "Go to the Eagle and learn her ways"..

Within me, I was like Eagle... Eagle..

In a twinkling of an eye, I was given a plank in which some writing were on it. I read it, digested it, crammed it until I could find the shadow anymore.

Beloved, I took my time to recall those writings and decided to share it with you and with little applicative explanation.

The title of the writing is

SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF AN EAGLE TO LIVE BY

(1) Eagles fly alone and at high altitudes. They don't fly with sparrows or other small birds.

- Stay away from sparrows and ravens, those that bring you down. Eagles fly with Eagles. Keep good company.

(2) Eagles have an accurate vision. They have the ability to focus on something as far as 5km. No matter the obstacles, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.

- Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacle and you will succeed.

(3) Eagles do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh prey.

- Do not rely on your past success, keep looking for new frontiers to conquer. Leave your past where it belongs, in the past.

(4) Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storm's wind to lift it higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagles uses the raging storm to lift him above the clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees.

- Face your challenges knowing that these will make you emerge stronger and better than you were. We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers are not afraid of challenges rather they relish them and use them profitably.

(5) When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air with the male pursuing her.
Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases until he reaches it and has to catch it before it falls to the ground, then bring it back to the female eagle.

- The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a much higher altitude, and then drops the twig for the male to chase.
This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of picking the twig which shows commitment, then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her!

Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of people intended for partnership.

(6) Eagles prepare for training. They remove the feathers and soft grass in the nest so that the young get uncomfortable in preparation for flying.

- Leave your comfort zone, there is no growth there.

(7) When the Eagle grows old, his feathers become weak and cannot take him as fast as he should. When he feels weak and about to die, he retires to a place far away in the rocks. While there, he plucks out every feather on his body until he is completely bare. He stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers, then he can come out.

- We occasionally need to shed off old habits, things that burden us, or add no value to our lives.

What is your resolution? It can only be accomplished if God is in it. The scripture clearly states it that

"Except the Lord build the house, the labour of them that build it is in vain"

Food for thought: Is God your "Remote Control"?

Thank you for reading...

I remain a selfrocat with the name

Rauf Kazeem Isaac
(C) January, 2016

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