And God says to all of us, you are no chicken; you are an eagle. Fly, eagle, fly. And God wants us to shake ourselves, spread our pinions, and then lift off and soar and rise, and rise toward the confident and the good and the beautiful. Rise towards the compassionate and the gentle and the caring. Rise to become what God intends us to be--eagles, not chickens.
Desmond Tutu --Brandeis University commencement, 2000
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This weekend, I learned that eagles are the only birds that fly through storms and when they are poisoned, they fly to a mountaintop and spread their wings, letting the sun shine on them and it causes the toxins to get out. Things that make you go hmmmm....
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