Life Lessons from an Osprey
How osprey catch fish and how it relates to overcoming life challenges.
The blue sky provided a stark background for this osprey. Fishing is everything to these birds. They have special claws that rotate, allowing them to grip fish and turn them, so that there is less wind drag in flight. This allows the Osprey to capture much larger fish than similar sized birds can.
Specialized skills such as their fishing prowess really helps the osprey to survive. Much like the skills that I have needed to gain to recover after my brain injury.
Special Skills
I have learned vestibular exercises to overcome dizziness and nausea. I have carefully formed new mental coping strategies with the help of psychologists.
…choosing to not measure my new self against my old self.
Then there is the more difficult task of remembering that I have limitations I did not previously have. Not only remembering but also choosing to not measure my new self against my old self.
Barbed Talons
The osprey above also has special barbs in their talons. Those barbs make sure that the grip on the fish is nice and firm, so that when it takes flight again, the…
