Lesson of the Birds

So today is kind of boring in Ghana. Nobody to take me around and not crazy enough to venture out on my own just yet. So i caught up on some reading and watched some TV, then decided to sit out on the porch and observe the birdcage and garden area. In the cage there are two birds, I'm not sure the exact type but i do know that one is male and the other female. When we first arrived, i got my Dr. Dolittle on a bit and had a conversation with the birds (and by conversation i mean that i whistled at them an they made noises back. Good enough for me...lol) Who knows what was said but I definitely learned/understood them in their silence today.

Those of you that truly know me (how can you truly know a person anyway....that's a topic for another post tho) know that I'm a very observant person. To some this may read as being shy or antisocial but i rather wait for the opportune thing and/or time to speak. Its just been my nature. So today i was doing one of the things that i do best, observing the birds. The two of them were eating some type of fruit out of one of the three bowls attached to the cage. The other two were filled with water, not that it's relevant, just trying to paint the picture. Since birds obviously don't have hands, to eat, they held the fruit with one foot, while using the other to balance on the bar. The one bird that was eating at the time probably dropped 6 or 7 pieces of fruit before being satisfied with the meal. He/she knew that there were plenty other pieces of fruit in the bowl so why stress over lost ones? Just move on to the next with little regard.

The other bird rather had one piece of fruit held tightly in its foot while steadily maintaining its balance. Making sure not to move around too much so that they wouldn't drop the fruit. Just like the other bird I'm sure they were aware of the ample amount of fruit in the bowl but what I'm not sure of is if this bird was smarter than the other, or just not trying to be wasteful.

I can't help but correlate this scenario to how some humans behave when it comes to relationships. (this of course is my personal interpretation, take from it what you will). Some humans will go about them with little regard cause they know that, there is always "other fruit in the bowl." Aside from being beautiful, nature is also educational. Interesting isn't it?