Wishing you and yours a very healthy, happy, safe and prosperous New Year!

Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams for 2009!

nativefleurdelisgrl

..


How the Eagle Chooses Her Mate:


HOW THE FEMALE EAGLE CHOOSES HER MATE

(As told by the Wintu Tribal Elders of California)

When it comes time for the female Eagle to choose her
mate, she prepares herself for many suitors.
And many
come before her.
She looks them over quite well and
then picks one to fly with for awhile.
If she likes
the way he flies she finds a small stick, picks it up
and flies high with it.
At some point she will drop
the stick to see if the male can catch it.
If he does,
then she finds a larger stick and flies with it much
higher this time.
Each time the male catches the
sticks, she continues to pick up larger and larger
sticks.
When she finds the largest, heaviest stick
that she herself can carry, the stick is at this point
almost the size of a small log! But she can still fly
very high with this large stick.

At any time in this process, if the male fails to
catch the stick, she flies away from him as her signal
that the test is now over.
She begins her search all
over again.
And when she again finds a male she is
interested in, she starts testing him in the exact
same way.
And she will continue this "testing" until
she finds the male Eagle who can catch all the sticks.

And when she does, she chooses him, and will mate with
him for life.


One of the reasons for this test is that at some point
they will build a nest together high up and will then
have their Eaglettes.
When the babies begin to learn
to fly, they sometimes fall instead.
It is then that
the male must catch his young.
And he does! The female
Eagle and their Eaglettes have depended on him to be
strong for them.
Just as we Native women and children
need to depend upon our Native men.

So what I would like to offer to you my friends is this.
Sisters,
how well do you "test" your suitors before you allow them
into your life? And my Brothers, how well have you
caught the "sticks" for your women and your children?



Whatever our past has been like, if we need to change,
let's do so now together.
Our children are counting on
us to make these good choices for them and for their
children.

[url=http://www.satisfaction.com/codes/weekend-comments-1.php] [/url]
[url=http://www.satisfaction.com] [/url]

Just wanted to say Hi

Hey, new friend!    Thanx for stoppin' by, great to have another buddie!!  Hope you have a blessed week!!