On a morning run where the birds celebrated the new dawn, I saw a tiny sparrow with a piece of plant material twice his size. He tried to take it somewhere by transporting it with his beak – quite a hefty thing for someone this small.
It would have been easy for me to help him carry it to where he needed it, but I realised this was his struggle. This tussle and figuring out what to do, give this birdie skills he would not get in another way. When he had to do it again, this bird would be wiser and may do it differently.
As we are willing to care for others, it is also good to remember that some fights are to be fought by ourselves and some burdens are not to be shared. Sometimes I have to take responsibility for my decisions to get a solution to my problem.
I may ask advice from friends or mentors with more wisdom on the same problem to help me make the decision, but the results eventually depend on my choices.
The bird had the choice to give up and sit in the middle of the road crying, telling everyone how hard a bird’s life is. Or he can start focusing on an outcome and forge plans, broken up into small increments, to get to the fulfilment of his dream or something he wants to accomplish. And if that does not work, attempt something else until he gets what he needs (or wants).
Many of us have a dream that seems impossible. And complain because life seems hard.
As wrotein my post about Postponed dreams, focus daily on your goal or dream by doing a little bit every day to get there. This will produce a life of purpose and avoid a life of a headless chicken continually running in circles. The headless ones wake up with no set plan for the day, while the focused ones have a plan because they know what they want.
If you fail to focus or don’t know what you want, the chances are good that you may not do anything or have many unfinished projects stashed away in your garage and house.
That’s why I believe focusing on your dream has to be a daily habit because it brings a sense of simplicity and calms your soul amid the turmoil of the world around us.
Also, read about #DreamAgain in last week’s post on Postponed dreams.
Copyright Annalie Anticevich© January 2023
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