Life

How delicate life is, yet how powerful we can make that life.

I am humbled and awed at how appreciative a little bird can be and how naturally I understood the little birds message.

As I sat here I recall this tender moment:

The door bell rings and I answer it; I greet my two guests and welcome them inside. (keep in mind above the front door is a glass window)

Shortly as they stepped through the threshold I began closing the door and I heard a thump. The thump was then followed by a smaller duller thump.

A little bird fell to the ground. My guests immediately questioned if it was dead. I ran inside and grabbed a 3×5 card and gently scooped up the little bird.

I’ve never seen a little bird lose flight like that, or worse yet, crash.

I touched it’s little body and noticed how warm it was… I’ve never given CPR to a bird, yet I felt compelled to blow a gentle stream of air over it’s feathers. I whispered to the little bird “don’t go yet, you’ll be okay, I’ll take care of you”. I placed it on a small flower pot away from the hot pavement and put a little leaf over it to keep it cool. It shook its little feather and I whispered to it one more time.. you’ll be okay… but it didn’t move much more.

After 15 minutes my guests were ready to leave, as I opened the door the little bird stood there proudly with its little beak open and looked right up at me as if to say ‘Thank You’. I bent over gently so as not to scare it and whispered… ‘You’re welcome my little friend, you are free to fly once more’. It just looked back up at me with its little beak open.

I walked my guests to their car and when I returned the little bird was gone.

That simple act of that little bird being there with its beak open looking up at me as I opened the door.. it did not fly away… it was as if it waited to say thank you. It was one life acknowledging the other.

How many times do we take the smallest things for granted? The kindest gesture, a phone call, a smile, an opportunity, a friend, a loved one, your home, people, …. life? In a second it could be gone and yet the kindest gesture can give you the power to live.

Daisy Says: Appreciate life.