Birds

Dear Ian:
I don't know why, but today I was thinking a lot about birds. Maybe it is because it is February, and I haven't seen many around for awhile. Where we live, the winters can be pretty harsh on most birds, so they take off and head south for the season. In a way, people do the same thing, only much later in life. We call them "snow birds," retirees that live in Florida or Arizona during the winter months, and Michigan or Minnesota during the summer. So, that is one thing that we, people in general, learned from birds.

I think we learned how to dream from birds as well. Well, maybe not "how," but what. Imagine seeing a bird for the first time, or even better, being the first one to ever see a bird. Dream then of leaving the ground, soaring above all that can be seen, free from gravity.

Birds, for all their worth, are dreams. Reach high, defy the limitations set before you.