Get Rid of the Weasel & Fly Like an Eagle! - Chapter 20

I came across an email I wrote two years this month and I'm amazed at what I've wrote back then and also how relevant it is today. What do you think?:

I've recently went to see Bishop T.D. Jakes at the Apollo Theater last night and it was such a blessed and life-changing night. I have to share with you the story he shared that had me in tears.

A little boy in Colorado wanted to see an eagle fly. So he and his father went to the mountains to look for some eagles. For hours, the little boy was looking for an eagle and just as he was about to give up looking, he sees an eagle. The eagle was soaring high in the sky. Bishop Jakes was describing the characteristics of the eagle. Its wings, when it's stretched from end to end, is about 9 feet long. When an eagle mates, they mate high above the clouds. This prevents eagles from mating with other birds - especially chickens! (Jakes' words - not mine! LOL!) When an eagle hunts for food, it will soar down and catches its prey.

So the little boy was observing the eagle and didn't take his eyes off of it. Then suddenly he sees the eagle come down from the sky, then the eagle disappeared. He asked his father if they could find the eagle to see where it went. So they walked to the other side of the mountain and the little boy found the eagle on the ground. The eagle was dead because it grabbed a weasel and the weasel bit through the eagle's heart. The little boy cried because he didn't understand why the eagle died because it was a lot bigger and stronger than the weasel. His father told him that perhaps the eagle didn't let the weasel go and it died because of it.

The moral of the story is what you don't get rid of, it will get rid of you! We all have them - weasels! The weasel could be someone or something in our lives that prevents us from fulfilling our purpose and destiny. Fear, issues, insecurities, etc., could be your weasel. Or perhaps it's someone. People that constantly take and take from you but not giving back to you. A toxic relationship or even a toxic friendship. Don't you sometimes feel stagnate? Like you're stuck in a rut? Have you TRULY accomplished your dreams and goals? Or, perhaps, you've let the weasels in your life kill your dreams? What will it take for you to get rid of the weasel(s) in your life?

Imagine living a life where money was no object. A life without fear. Living life without limits! Brothers and Sisters, YOU ARE EAGLES! You can fly high - farther than you could ever imagine! Get that home! Clean up your credit! Go back to school! Get that passport! Chase that dream! LOOSE THE WEASEL AND SOAR BEYOND THE SKIES!

Pass this message on to EVERYONE you know. Let us all be blessed and spread our wings as eagles and FLY!