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Have you ever seen an ambivalent eagle? I’m
sure you know the type of eagle I’m referring to. The ambivalent
eagle has a hard time making up his mind about everything. His
mind is full of questions without any answers.
Shall I perch on this branch or would that
one over there be better? Maybe I shouldn’t sit on a branch at
all. Perhaps I should be flying. But I’m not sure I want to fly
right now. Maybe I should start building a new nest since my
present one is so old. But if I work on my nest, then I won’t have
enough time to preen my feathers to attract eagles of the opposite
sex. But if I attract female eagles, it won’t be long before I
have to provide for baby eagles which would take even more of my
limited time. I wonder what I should have for lunch today? A tasty
trout might be good, but maybe a fat river rat would be even
better, or perhaps a wild rabbit would hit the spot. Should I fly
south for the winter? Maybe I should stick around here so I don’t
have to do so much flying. It’s really quite a hassle to have to
adapt to a whole new habitat south of the border. I know what I’ll
do. I’ll just sit on this branch and do nothing.
Eagles are lucky because they don’t have
problems with ambivalence. When it’s time to perch, they perch.
When it’s time to fly, they fly. When it’s time to eat, they eat.
When it’s time to build a nest, they build one.
Can you imagine what the wilderness would
be like if there were thousands of neurotic eagles sitting around
in the forest overwhelmed by inertia doing nothing? If that
happened, they would become just like us when we sit around doing
nothing except complaining about our lives and being overwhelmed
by ambivalence.
I have decided to fly like an eagle and
say good-bye to ambivalence in my life.
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