Why Do Birds Sing?
Today I am grateful for a good meal enjoyed at a relaxing pace and in pleasant company. I am also grateful for our dog Oliver and his predictability.
This quote has been hanging around in my head for a few weeks:
I have also been listening to and appreciating the birds for several weeks now. It is one of the things I love about spring. They sound especially beautiful and inviting those first mornings hearing them again after the winter months. Sometimes I ask myself too many questions and think too much about things I can do little about. I am learning to just pause and enjoy the moment more. Birds sing in the moment.
I did wonder why this writer chose to use "he" and not "she" or "it" in this quote. But that is as far as I went with it. He, she, or it, birds sing and humans appreciate. At least we should. It starts with paying attention.
I guess I could apply this to my gratitude practice. I don't practice gratitude because I have some magical answer, some secret to success. I practice gratitude because I never run out of things for which to be grateful.
My energy has been drained with busy times, but I still receive energy back when I listen to the birds and when I mindfully consider what I appreciate here and now.
I will be taking another blog break until early next week. Consider worrying less about answers that will come in their own time anyway. Consider noticing the singing birds instead.
This quote has been hanging around in my head for a few weeks:
"A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song."
(Joan Walsh Anglund)
I have also been listening to and appreciating the birds for several weeks now. It is one of the things I love about spring. They sound especially beautiful and inviting those first mornings hearing them again after the winter months. Sometimes I ask myself too many questions and think too much about things I can do little about. I am learning to just pause and enjoy the moment more. Birds sing in the moment.
I did wonder why this writer chose to use "he" and not "she" or "it" in this quote. But that is as far as I went with it. He, she, or it, birds sing and humans appreciate. At least we should. It starts with paying attention.
I guess I could apply this to my gratitude practice. I don't practice gratitude because I have some magical answer, some secret to success. I practice gratitude because I never run out of things for which to be grateful.
My energy has been drained with busy times, but I still receive energy back when I listen to the birds and when I mindfully consider what I appreciate here and now.
I will be taking another blog break until early next week. Consider worrying less about answers that will come in their own time anyway. Consider noticing the singing birds instead.
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