Here is one of my images for pastoral leadership

When eagle chicks reach a certain age, it is time for them to learn to fend for themselves.  The father eagle goes off and does whatever father eagles do, leaving the mother to teach her chicks to fly.

She nudges the chicks out of the nest onto the ledge and then with a suitable shove launches them into the air.  Bewildered and confused, they plummet earthwards and the mother swoops down, catches them on her wings and flies back up to safety.  She then launches them off again and again repeating the process until they finally work out that flapping their wings is a good idea.

As the air rushes past them and as they soar skywards the eagle chicks discover who they are and why they were born... the mother's work, in this respect at least, is now done.