Bird bath!

The crows have replaced other birds from accessing the bird bath and the feeding bowl in our garden. 

The small birds come occasionally and move away when they sight a crow or squirrel. 

The story of displacement is a common experience for us as well. There is a tendency for humans  to dominate and control. It is the weak and those who still have to embrace the truth and the abundance of  their true self and rest contented in it, who choose the way of  controlling! When you find words pungent, behaviour discordant, attitude forceful and manners without courtesies, it is a call to stay withdrawn from such an environment for a season as too much of such an ambience make relationship one sided and not mutual.  

The small birds have adapted to their displacement. That is the good news- there is something beyond when one feels displaced!

The rhythm of life is to grow in stature and to serve in humility. This in itself is an unsettling experience in an environment where people crave for larger space and usurp what is more than legitimate or for themselves and fair for others.

There are people who are content with little space or feel content to stay in the margins. There re people opposite to this as well. These are divergent paths in social dynamics. The life of a group rests in a third way! To live mindfully of others even while finding one's own space. 

I like watching the Bulbuls at the water bath, as they come and go unlike the crows who stay for too long beyond the time it needs to. Is it to dominate its presence and keep away other birds! It looks like that. But how can one interpret a bird behaviour!  

I face each day with mixed feelings. There are restful times and stressful times. To occupy in the space left for you, without usurping space others need for themselves, is the art of living content.!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)