Eagles in a Storm

 

Recently numerous severe storms passed through our community where our phones, sirens and TV outlets warned us and told us what we needed to do to survive the storm.

 

Growing up we had a dog that always sensed when a severe storm was coming, long before we knew, and she went to the lowest room in the house and hid under a bed. How did she know to do this?

 

Eagles also know when a storm is approaching long before it breaks and will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, the eagle sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

 

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.

 

When the storms of business or life come upon us, and they usually do, such storms do not have to overcome us.

 

We all have the ability to ride the winds of the storm that bring business and economic downturns, failure and disappointment. We can soar above the storm if we have the attitude and determination to lead ourselves and others to not just survive, but to thrive.

 

Leadership is not about learning to survive the storm; it's about dancing in the rain and then doing it.