my Dad, and ex-boyfriend from a few years ago, are both Eagle

Dad: Blue Self-Existing Eagle I Define, in order to Create.

Darrin: Blue Magnetic Eagle I Unify, in order to Create.

what I discern of these two people: They are both very capable and talented men. The epitome of the 'self made man'.

Dad was the highest ranking mainframe computer design engineer, amongst his peers at IBM, WITHOUT a college degree. He worked with super nerd geniuses that held multiple degrees and doctorates...
He was able to create his own path to accomplishment, through his vision and imagination. This ability was dependent on his freedom to soar and fly wherever he needed to go. His brilliance drew respect and admiration in anything he set his sights on mastering: being a scientist, a student of languages, jack of all trades (mechanics, electronics, building complex systems, etc.), a sailor, scuba diver, surfer, alpine skier, hang glider pilot, wind surfing instructor, etc.
He was kind of a pied piper, and showed us how wonderful the world could be, he is a free spirit and improvisationalist, like Robin Williams, for example. He did crazy, unexpected shit, like riding his bike backwards, spontaneous reckless driving, just to catch us off guard. etc. Yes, he was a show off, and is still a nut case, I'm sure. Well, without an audience, and the payoff of being the center of attention has it's cost. Pretty much the world revolved around him, and what he was doing. Basically, he went from one obsession of the day or month, or year, to another. Variety and challenge were absolutely key. If something didn't capture his interest, he could care less about it. Like being a husband, a father, a friend. If you didn't share his enthusiasm for whatever, you were boring...
What happens when you try to capture, control, mandate, or even imply what you think an Eagle shall do or be? He will surely fly away, to ensure his freedom. Truly the rebel.
It started with his parents:
Go to college. Follow our conservative, work ethic-American Dream example, find a career, and respectable success.
Marry a nice girl from a good family, have 2.3 children, live in keep up with the Joneses picket fence suburbia, drive a Buick, work hard, do the 'right things', save your money, retire in Florida, and take up golf and play bridge, sipping martinis, looking down your nose, at the losers who didn't succeed as well...
Not!
He shunned this dead end vision, and rebelled to avoid the demise it offered. He was a pioneer of his own accord, his own beliefs. He wasn't doing anything to please anyone, nor to gain their approval. His mission was to shatter the conventions and dictated protocols of 'the establishment'
He dated black women, in 1960s, white dominated midwestern values society. He had a disdain for academia in general. Joined the Navy, toured the Pacific Rim, explored exotic cultures, customs and ethnic diversity, in Hawaii (surfed on 12 foot wooden surfboards, in 1959) Japan (discovered sex, and social graces with a geisha), Australia (was engaged to and almost married an aboriginal woman), the South Pacific islands, and the Philippines (married my mother, whom he met there. Explored the jungles, and befriended primitive native tribes), learned the languages to fluency of these countries (which made him a 'celebrity' in the eyes of the locals, who've never met an American, quite like this one) returning to the US with an Asian wife, and 'Amerasian' sons. Not a common sight in Kalamazoo, but rather, a curiosity. I'm sure he loved the attention he got, and bathed in it's glory, unabashed. (I remember the stares and whispers from patrons at McDonalds, as we walked in together: 'so, that's what the kids look like when a white man and a chink have children...')
Yes, he was, and is a pioneer. Yet flawed. A rebel without a clue...

Soar, Fly, expand your vision, broaden your horizons, create your own reality, but be wary of those narrow minded fools who dare to judge and label you. Don't let them shoot you down from the dizzying heights that you thrive in. They will never walk in your shoes, nor ever begin to understand the beautiful possibilities that lie at your disposal. They don't have the courage it takes to explore the unknown, as you do. They look away and grumble in their disparity...

(as for Darrin, pretty much 'same as above'! You don't have time for another long winded story...)

I Sorry!