In Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" cartoon, Snoopy, the hound of heaven, says of Woodstock, the would-be bird of paradise, "Someday Woodstock is going to be a great eagle. He is going to soar thousands of feet above the ground." 

Woodstock then takes off into the air.  He's upside down and whirling around.  "Well, maybe a hundred feet above the ground." 

But then Woodstock falls to the ground looking dazed and snoopy says, "Maybe he'll just be one of those eagles who walks around." 

Isn't it amazing how quickly we settle for less than is promised and is possible?  The psalmist had a thrilling view of our place as human beings in God's creation.  "When I look at the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars which though hast ordained, what is man that though aren't mindful of him?  Though hast made him a little lower than angels and crowned him with glory and honor." 

When we know who we are, we can never be happy as eagles who just walk around.