I have watched these three birds during most mornings in the last three weeks.
They can be found on the same spot almost around the same time in the morning. They have their regular flight stations. It might be one way of claiming their territorial right, especially when there are other birds of the same species around.
They convey a vigilant look!
I have wondered over this rituals of the birds. Why should some birds be possessive of their territorial right!
That is when, I was reminded of human behaviour.
Most of us by practice come to believe that there are some privileges or entitlements we are eligible for.
Yesterday, while talking to the administrator in the institution, I got a closer view of this phenomenon which is common with medical professionals.
Some professionals seem to claim a right over patients. Some professionals even go to the extent of insisting that they return to meet them alone and not anyone else. It is the number of patients they see which seem to give them an identity of popularity or acceptance!
What is a right after all! It is an allurement of the ego giving us a false sense of security!
What is security! It is a feeling of being comfortable within ourselves! It is not what others offer to us which truly matters.
I saw a child offering his chocolate to another child waiting next to him! That revived my spirit. Because of his confidence that his parents would get him one more chocolate, he was ready to part with the one he had. This gives us an insight about security. The child's confidence or sense of security springs from his trust in his parents.
It is good to stay aware of this reality: 'who we are and whose we are'! It calls for trust in the Giver of life and all good things, the God of our lives. That alone is the source of security. Our rituals and patters do not have to be way we hold on to our rights or entitlements. We can let them go because the inner sense of security is a greater resource of strength!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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