Bird Wisdom.

Sitting on a park bench today, I had the wisdom to turn off my Audible story and pay attention to the surroundings. 

 

Okay, I just lied. I actually finished my story about mayhem and murder and other delights of the human species and didn’t have another recorded story in the pipeline. But still it was a good idea to just sit for a bit and observe.

 

First I noticed a tapping sound in the branches above me and lo and behold, it was a small woodpecker searching for its lunch in full woodpecker style. Then there were all the small chickadees (I think—I’m no birder) flitting around from tree to tree and then down to the ground pecking away to find their lunch. I say lunch, but as far as I can tell, most birds spend the entire day foraging for food. 

 

So in those ten minutes or so of watching and listening, I came away with four words of wisdom from these fellow creatures that is as good advice as any that I might read in a book. 

 

“Find food. Sing. Fly.”

 

That about sums it up.