Thursday, February 09, 2006

On my return home from my walk i saw a huge bird circling above me; on closer scrutiny i could see that it was a bald eagle, although i could only discern a very small area of white on its head. That, and the speckled feathers indicated that it was obviously a "teenager". Wild with excitement, i stopped and stared and looked around to see it there was anyone around to share this wonderful sight with. A young boy saw me looking, and stopped, i turned to him as he was preparing to cross the road, and pointing skyward, said to him: "A bald-eagle, a teenage bald eagle!!". He replied: "oh wow, I have never seen one before". So together we stood, looking up in awe at the magnificent young bird.
As the wild creature flew eastward i said: "It's symbolic you know, of..." and as i searched for the right word he said: "Flight, being able to take flight". I said: "Yes! that's exactly it." We smiled at each other, then both continued on our separate way, united only in that brief yet joyous moment in time, each taking with us a Perfect Gift of Knowing.

6 comments:

Dr. Deb said...

I love when I can see regal birds like eagles, hawks. They are so majestic.

Mr. Death said...

Thats so cool. I once saw one with my mother, really far by the horizon. It's interesting that you can share it with a perfect stranger.
JV

heiresschild said...

hi pj,

what a beautiful story. i love watching birds, but to see a bald eagle, how awesome.

how's your foot coming along?

we're supposed to have a serious snowstorm here this weekend. i hope we do so my class will be cancelled on monday. chat with you later.

peace,
sylvia

mckait said...

my daughter in law recently went eagle watching.. she sent me some photos that she took..
so lovely!


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at V

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dragonflyfilly said...

yeah, he was the "perfect" stranger...he was a teenager, and the eagle was also a teenager, kinda symbolic...well, in my world anyway...

heiresschild said...

hi pj,

you were up mighty early today--4am. glad your foot is healing. were you walking on your foot a little differently since you had hurt it? that might be the reason your instep is sore. let me know what the specialist says. i hope it's nothing serious.

how blessed you are to see eagles and hawks. is that how you got your name "dragonflyfilly"--because you like dragonflies?

i'm going to visit canada within the next few years. and that's a short few years.

i hope you had a great day in spite of visiting the foot specialist today. chat with you soon.

hugs & blessings,
sylvia