Dr.C.S.Raju
It may be very interesting to know how an eagle builds a nest and lives. The nest is not made up of just parched twigs.
The eagle knows that the nest is not just for it to stay but also to lay eggs, hatch them and rear its offspring.
The nest is built with strong and thick parched twigs at the bottom, thinner twigs over it, a layer of thorns over it and then a few layers of smooth dry leaves.
This construction is to have a smooth surface at the top for laying eggs and hatching them. After laying an egg and hatching it, the young one is taken care of very well by the mother eagle bringing food from outside and feeding it, also keeping the young one in the folds of its wings thereby giving warmth and protection and love. As the child eagle grows for a couple of months, the ingenious way in which the mother eagle brings it out of the nest in the tree is worth knowing. As the child eagle grows for a couple of months sitting comfortably on cushion like leaves, the mother eagle understands the child eagle’s capability to fly. Still the child eagle does not come out of the nest due to inherent fear. The mother eagle slowly removes all the leaves. Now the child eagle has to sit on pricking thorns. Since it would be paining, it cannot sit. Hence, it comes out of the nest and starts flying.
When you cross 22 years, your parents also expect you to be on your own, supporting yourself. Don’t be under the total protection and care of your parents for long. You should not be a burden to them. Instead you should start earning and support them financially.
Like the eagle develops skills to fly and search for its prey, you should develop your knowledge, skill and capability and fly high in your life. You have to willingly and steadily work for this.
