I love the excitement I feel when I look up in the sky
as I watch the birds who happen to be flying by.
This morning I was watching one bird fly above the trees…
fluttering up and down…floating deftly on the breeze.
The more I watched this bird fly…the more I came to the belief
this was not a bird at all…in fact…it was a leaf.
I wasn’t sure what to do…my next move seemed quite blurred.
What was the correct procedure for a leaf who thinks she is a bird?
If she thought she was a bird and I told her she’s a leaf
would that deflate her dream….
I didn’t want to be the person…who harmed her self-esteem.
So as this leaf flew up and up…higher in the sky.
I yelled, “You are amazing…
by the way…where’d you learn to fly.”
Her answer…for a moment left me awestruck…
without words…
“It’s was easy.” She said. “I learned to fly…
by watching all the other birds.”
“Well you’re doing great!” I said.
“I love the way you float upon the breeze.”
Then I watched her smile and wave goodbye
as she soared high above the trees.”
I watched until she flew out of sight…
glad I never said a word…
to dampen the spirits of the leaf…
who thought she was a bird.
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