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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Robin Red Breast

I'm sitting on the back stoop of my house this morning, watching a pair of robins in the fir trees in my back yard. They are so calm and matter-of-fact.

I wonder what life would feel like if I were like the robins? Singing for pleasure, working for food and otherwise just hanging out - relaxed and cheerful? 

I think I might be happier.

It's ambition that gets in the way. Ambition and my compulsion to always be doing something.

I feel like I ought to be somebody. And I have lived most of my life feeling like I have something to prove.

Well, I'm me - Profound, eh? - and I think I'm finally growing up to the point where I can accept that seeking fame and fortune is not going to get me where I want to be.

Better I should seek to be relaxed and cheerful.

Just like the robins.