Position Yourself

Early this morning, I had breakfast in my special place in the front garden.

The sky was beautiful, deep red and blue, the sun was shining, but I was in shade behind the tall hedge.

As I sat there in the cold and semi-dark, I looked up....

(Always a good thing!

 When you look up, it's harder to be miserable.

 The vastness of the sky always takes my  breath away,

 Makes me smile,

 Helps me relax,

 Gives me hope)

.....and saw two birds on the telegraph pole.

These two birds were bathed in sunlight.

They sat there motionless,

at differing heights,

focussed on the rising sun,

feeling it warm their bodies after the cold night.

The fact that they were at different heights was irrelevant - they had both positioned themselves in a prime spot, where nobody else had spotted.

Such instinct.  Such intuition.

I looked at them in jealousy.

Here we all were, in the same outdoors, within a few meters of each other, but I had positioned myself in my familiar, safe place (comfort zone), and was in shade and cold, and they had positioned themselves

·       in a new place,

·       a higher place,

·       where they could follow the ever changing  sun,

·       take new ground,

·       face fresh opportunities,

·       give themselves a new start.

Smart birds.

Of course, it took only seconds for my jealousy to turn into admiration, and here they now are, immortalised in a story. It doesn't do me any good to cling to a negative emotion like jealousy. I refuse to.

Instead, I choose to learn from the birds.

I choose to position myself where the opportunities are abundant.

I place myself in the path of new business.

I am brave enough to move with the times.

I take calculated risks.

I am willing to try out new ventures.

I will catch the early rays of sun before anyone else is even aware they exist.

Inspiring birds.