Birds and Windows
James 1: 23-25 (NIV Bible) - Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what is says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like
From my office cubicle, I have observed and come to the conclusion that one of man's creations that is most harmful to birds are windows. Tinted windows, dirty windows, shiny windows, clean windows, reflective windows, somehow they just throw a bird's senses out of whack.
Ever since I started work here, I have observed two birds crashing into the window. One died of a broken neck but the other survived, albeit a bit stunned for a full ten minutes.
Another almost daily affair is a pair of bulbuls who attack and taunt their reflection, fully unaware of that person on the other side, busy snapping their antics with his handphone.
My latest daily visitor for the past three days has been the oriole (I think) in the above picture who has come to make squawks at me during different times of the day. Of course , it's not squawking at me.. it's attracted to its reflection. When it happens, one colleague loves to repeat this statement "Your lovebird has come again". I have no idea why people love to repeat the same lame remark day after day. It might be perceived as cute but repetitions just make the speaker look lame and annoying. Extremely annoying.
Anyway, as usual, Jonzz will draw some parallels, then try to say something clever and philosophical about this.
In life, we will observe many things happening around us. I think most people are born with that busybody gene in their bodies. They just like to interfere in things that have absolutely nothing to do with them. Of course, this may sometimes go badly with them since nobody likes a busybody. They end up like the birds that just go crashing through the window. Me? After much broken glass, I'd rather stay on my side of the window.
At other times, we are like the other bird who interacts with its reflection in the window. We judge others and argue with others, not realizing that, we are judging ourselves because we behave the same way. But then, it would take a very humble and reflective person to realize that.
OK, enough philosophical crap. I'm stopping here before I turn into a complete bird brain.
Ever since I started work here, I have observed two birds crashing into the window. One died of a broken neck but the other survived, albeit a bit stunned for a full ten minutes.
Another almost daily affair is a pair of bulbuls who attack and taunt their reflection, fully unaware of that person on the other side, busy snapping their antics with his handphone.
My latest daily visitor for the past three days has been the oriole (I think) in the above picture who has come to make squawks at me during different times of the day. Of course , it's not squawking at me.. it's attracted to its reflection. When it happens, one colleague loves to repeat this statement "Your lovebird has come again". I have no idea why people love to repeat the same lame remark day after day. It might be perceived as cute but repetitions just make the speaker look lame and annoying. Extremely annoying.
Anyway, as usual, Jonzz will draw some parallels, then try to say something clever and philosophical about this.
In life, we will observe many things happening around us. I think most people are born with that busybody gene in their bodies. They just like to interfere in things that have absolutely nothing to do with them. Of course, this may sometimes go badly with them since nobody likes a busybody. They end up like the birds that just go crashing through the window. Me? After much broken glass, I'd rather stay on my side of the window.
At other times, we are like the other bird who interacts with its reflection in the window. We judge others and argue with others, not realizing that, we are judging ourselves because we behave the same way. But then, it would take a very humble and reflective person to realize that.
OK, enough philosophical crap. I'm stopping here before I turn into a complete bird brain.
Comments
ironically, your word verification is "tragic"
A good attempt at saying something clever and philosophical : )
perhaps, what you need is more bird friends, & i don't mean the feathered kind. ha ha!
Stopping by to say 'Hey'. :)