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Each day, I struggle to rise from my warm, comfortable bed with my duna that keeps me snuggly. . . however everyday after I initially force my limbs to get out of my bed I wish I had got out of bed when my alarm originally went off, so I could enjoy the morning hour more.
This morning was no different: the longing to stay in bed as long as possible and not face the cold air outside my covers! And then, I heard the birds chirping out my windows. What a sound.
With my incredible job, I have the privilege to interact with people all across the western slope of Colorado. That said, I must travel to do so, and yesterday was one of those great days and while driving through the valleys, snow and sun, geese along the banks of the Colorado River, and driving beneath the stunning mountains with snow packed peaks, made me realize how insignificant I really am in this world. Through that acceptance, I am able to see more through the things that are lesser. . . Like the birds that sing out my window and flutter through the trees. For they do not worry what they will eat, or what they will wear....The Creator has created them for a purpose and they fly around and whistle tunes, because that is what they were created to do (and to find and eat the worm, of course). They live their life and are happy because they know no different. Our lives are so infiltrated with the "me" mindset and how we ought to look or things we should do, we begin to worry about things that were not intended for worrying!! A changing of the mind. A paradigm shift to refocus on things of importance and to proceed with thoughts that confidently change your thinking pattern.
How blessed I feel to be in this new season of my life. Just months ago, my heart ached, for I wanted to find a job that would be satisfying and fulfilling and not mundane. Through the trials I have experienced in my life, the lessons I have learned, and the more open I have been to opportunity, the more blessed I am. I have had to experience lows and highs in life, that I may appreciate where I am and what I am doing now. To take into perspective the many lessons and find happiness in the small things.
Birds are my great reminder of faith. For they do not worry, and therefore you and I shan't either. All their necessities are provided for them. They chirp. They sing, for they are happy.
They may find food in the most obscure places, but they found food. For the Lord says He will never leave us nor forsake us. What a promise. How small the birds of the air, and yet they are taken care of. . .