The first time a bird hops out of its nest, it trades everything known for a chance to get closer to the sun.
From The Beginning Viewed from the End, one of 296 sayings written by John Sarris over thirty years.
From Alfred’s journal
The robins in the maple by the garage fledged this morning, all three of them, and only two of them well. The second one came out sideways, caught the gutter, and ended up in the grass by the trash cans looking furious. I used to think the parents pushed them, that it was something done to a bird rather than by one; I watched for an hour and nobody pushed anybody. The first time a bird hops out of its nest, it trades everything known for a chance to get closer to the sun. What I keep turning over is that the nest was never high. Four feet of air and a soft landing, and still the one in the grass sat there a long while before it tried the fence.
He reads what you tell him and writes a page of his journal back, with a few of these chosen for you. It costs nothing and asks for nothing.
Have it on something
More like it
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- When you squeeze something into your day, you squeeze something out.
- The only one-word lie I know is tomorrow.
- Most of the good roads are long roads.
- You can speed up to keep pace with the world or slow down and watch the world keep pace with you.
- Knowledge leaves a well-worn trail, but the path to wisdom is unmarked.