On my walk this morning I was gifted with some sightings that were amazing. The first was a Cardinal, bright and cheery for the early morning. And then as I rounded the bend a deer came out of the woods, stood there for what seemed like minutes, staring at me and I frozen staring at him before he darted off. The last sighting was of a poor robin. I had seen him, and I'm sure it's the same one, a few days ago. He is obsessed with a window in one of the condos. He looks at himself in the window as if in a mirror and then pecks continuously, flying off now and then, but always coming back to the same spot. I feel sorry for him. It reminds me of total need and selfishness and the saying, "If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always gotten!" Our own selfish needs make us look in the mirror and see only ourselves and our wants. If we are being served and loved, it matters not if those serving and loving us are loved in return. I can only imagine that the little bird is looking for a mate and thinks the mirror of himself is what he needs and wants. But it's a futile desire. For when we look to meet only our needs and wants, we fail to see the bigger picture around us. Just like the little bird! If he were to drag himself away from the mirror of his image in the window, he might meet a mate flying through the air or perching in the trees. We too, when we learn to love others not because they serve our needs, but because they too are creatures created by the same God who desire love as we ourselves desire love. And it's a love without conditions. Since we are truly imperfect human beings, we desperately need to be loved unconditionally and always! When we can drag our inner eye away from the image of ourselves in the mirror of our souls, we will see the bigger picture of all that God created for us to enjoy and love. For God is love and it is in love that we find him.
God bless!!
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