Saturday, 20 October 2012

INSPIRATION FROM ANIMAL AND PLANT KINGDOM !


INSPIRATION FROM ANIMAL AND PLANT KINGDOM !


There are many animals and plants  from which we could  get great
 motivation. In fact they have tremendous lessons that could  
teach us !

Eagles... 

 Eagles are great teachers in many aspects..
 If we study their lives we notice great lessons that could be quite 
 useful to   us !

  •  Eagles always fly high...  and they soar to great heights.
  •  They focus on their preys till they grab and get them.
  •  Eagles never eat dead creatures no matter what.
  •  They love the storm , rather they use the power of the wind to 
  •  fly  without  flapping their wings

  •  And here is how the female eagle chooses its mate : very interesting....

 When a male eagle approaches the female eagle picks up a twig and flies,
 the male following her.  After reaching some height she drops the twig. 
 Now the male chases the twig and grabs it before it falls to the ground
 and brings it back to the female who takes it only to drop it again after 
 flying further higher. 
 The male chases it again to pick and this is repeated many times for 
 hours...till the female eagle gets assured that her mate is skillful enough
 for her ! only then she mates with her partner !


  •  Setting up a home for the babies and then training them...
The male and female eagles share in their family responsibilities. 
They choose a place at a considerable height to build their nest. 
After that the male eagle collects thorns, twigs, rugs and grass 
and lay them  respectively in the same order - the thorns on the 
sides, then the twigs, then the twigs and grass. He puts his 
feathers as a top layer so that the eaglets are comfortable and
feel cozy and protected from the enemies by the thorns on the sides.
Now that the nest is ready the female lays eggs and protects them 
to hatch and the male hunts to feed the family.

When the eaglets are grown big enough to fly, the mother pushes 
them out to make them fly but the scared eaglets comes back to 
the nest ! but meanwhile the mother bird removes the soft layers
in the nest exposing the thorns thus making the nest no longer 
comfortable and cozy.. this motivates the eaglets to try harder
to fly ...though under supervision by the mother bird.


  • CHANGE !

    Change is a very essential factor for our successful lives .. 

 How eagles go for the change .

The eagles can live for 70 years but this can be achieved if 
they make a hard decision when they are about 40 years.
They become weak, with beak bent . wings heavy with old thick feathers. 
At this time they make a   Do or Die decision
The eagle makes the hard decision and undergoes a long
150 days of revival.
  • He knocks his beak several times on the rock until it comes out. 
  • He then waits for the new beak to grow.
  • It plucks out the talons too. and  the new talons grow.
  • He then plucks out all the feathers from his wings.


Now it has new talons, new beak, and new feathers  and lives 
for 30 more years !

 You see ! Every aspect of eagles life can teach us many things...
 Think high
 Never compromise with a weaker decision
 Choose your trust-worthy mate 
 Train your children to be independant to make life decisions.
 Shed off unwanted useless habits and things.. 




BAMBOO 


Bamboo grass ... so beautiful to look at and at the same time 
great  lessons to teach us !
No need to say about the highly valuable plant . every part of it is useful.
So surprisingly strong that it is even called as vegetable steel.
 yet the stem is hollow !

Whats so UNIQUE about the growth of bamboo ?

When bamboo is planted, watered and nurtured, unlike any other plant,
you can see absolutely nothing - no sprouts. no seedling. 
Not even for the whole year but  for four consecutive long years 
you could see no sight of any outward growth.
But on the fifth year, an amazing and incredible thing happens. 
The tree shoots up and grows so fast and strong.  
They may even grow up to 80 ft !
Some bamboos grow up to 47 inches in just 24 hour period.


Now what do we learn from this plant !

  • Like the bamboo , keep your heart and mind hollow , 
  • open to newer and greater ideas..
  • Any action demands great and strong foundation 
       with which sky is the limit !

  For More interesting facts about bamboo look into this site :

 http://www.midatlanticbamboo.com/bamboo-tuf/tuf.htm

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