Why "Eagles and Willows"?
For more than a decade my online avatar used to be 'fork in the soup', because that's how I felt for most of my life.
Out of place and struggling to belong, just as somebody trying to enjoy...
a soup with a fork.
It couldn't be more fitting: I felt that it was an ironic way to refer to my daily struggles, as well as an act of rebellion: "that's how I feel and I will own it, fully".
Yet, over the years I have been discovering new depths of this experience on Earth, and somewhere around 2023 I have realised that I couldn't associate myself with that name anymore.
Everything in me regarding the way I identify with myself has been changing so much over the past 4-5 years, so it just felt natural to let go of my fictionary online character as well.
When I asked myself what could be my new 'online name', there was no overthinking or deep research of perfectionism (for once).
I just knew, in that moment, it was the time to let go and shake off old energies.
And organically, in less than a minute, Eagles and Willows came to me.
Eagle.
The Eagle is my spirit animal.
With sharp eyes, the rapace is able to note slight details that are imperceptible to many others.
With strong feathered wings, the Eagle can fly at high altitude and find a better point of observation, away from the ground.
Detachment.
The Eagle possesses a strong resilience.
Inspiring me, I have learned so much from this powerful animal, and I have often noticed that this animal came to me often in moments when I needed to reframe my thinking and point of views on situations.
During my travels, I have often found myself looking up at the sky in specific moments, because i was feeling as if the majestic animal was circling over my head.
Those moments have always felt spiritual and magical, filling me with gratitude and trust.
Willow.
The Willow tree has been my favourite tree since I have memory.
Back in my early childhood, I used to spend the afternoons sitting under a willow tree in the garden of my grandparents' house.
There I would eat soft little round buns, lovingly spreaded with butter by my grandma.
Those memories are so distant and so precious.
Willow trees usually are next to a water course, a necessity to which I deeply resonate.
I have learned and accepted that for my mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing I need to be close to water as much as possible.
I have been living next to lakes, seas, oceans and rivers.
I have come to understand that my best potential gets unlocked when I am next to rivers.
Its constant running allows the energies to flow, at all times.
Weeping willows allow to lay under a loving hiding curtain, and for an introverted soul like me, I have always felt it was my most beloved environment.
Some willows that I have encountered, had their trunks curling over water sources, allowing me to sit or lay over the water, to meditate, read, draw, sing, write.. or even nap.
And, last but not least, the willow symbolises Love, the ultimate law of Life.
Organically, I felt that I did not needed a name to identify anymore; I just wanted a name to inspire me constantly.
Just as eagles and willows have been doing, for a long time.
And just as easy as it has been to transition to this new name, creating this website carried a very similar energy.
No overthinking or perfectionism whatsoever.
I have been creating quite some websites over the years, and the way everything has been flowing since I have decided to focus my attention on creating and shaping Eagles and Willows has never been found before.
My wish for this creation is to evolve together, allowing me to be at service and share my experience, with love and observation, purity and resilience.
To help people connect with themselves and with others.
To be at service in a vulnerable way.
To show up no matter what and express fully and authentically.
This is a new tool that I have been unlocking, and finding it has not been easy.
That's why I have decided to use it and let others know that it is possible at any given moment to be unapologetically yourself.
Without waiting endlessly for more healing to come or "be better".
To be yourself exactly as you are at any given moment, right where you are in life.
You are already perfect to be yourself, just by being yourself.
As a Willow, you have roots down deep, into the earth and the running waters.
As the Eagle, you fly high over life and situations.
All the while, the Willow weeps and the Eagle hunts; they are still perfect.
Love,
N.
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