The eagle. A creature of strength, mediocrity, and stamina. Eagles are (in their own sort of way) very wise. In thunderstorms, when all of the other birds and bugs and bats begin to head for cover, eagles are getting ready to soar. And, get this, thunderstorms recharge eagles; they fly higher and faster during storms. "Eagle" should mean "excellent" in another language, since "Excellence" is from the Latin word meaning "to rise above", and that's the eagle's favorite pastime. Picture this. You're up in an airplane at, say, 200,000 feet. It is a perfectly cloudless day and you're looking out of the window down at a freeway filled with cars that could be compared to ants. Now, pretend that you're in one of those cars looking out the window up to the plane 200,000 feet above you. Whats the difference in what you see? It's simple, really. When you're up in the plane, you can look out and really see the BIG picture,  whereas you can have things blocking your ability to see the real big picture when you're not flying. Eagles soar. They ALWAYS see the BIG picture. I think that we should be more like eagles.