Two fluffy and gay (bright) birds fluttered and blossom all day and night and sung to themselves melodies of being righteous and absolutely with no blemish throughout centuries. These two feathers (birds) saw absolute likeness in themselves but the rest of the birds – a likeness of perfect and unsullied physique with overwhelming appeal (talent).
So, they decided that in order to “enjoy” these qualities and to stay unblemished from possible “pollution” by the rest of the “filthy” birds, they decided to glide up high into the sky, possibly the heavens (as pure as that place has been reported to be, at least, which also fits their purity as well) to live tranquilly and blemish free from all the “birds of ill omen”. They, as resolved, aviate and land on a tree with only a single branch. They looked into each other’s eyes and felt the warmth and joy both deserve, devoid of any filthy feather. Months elapsed; all they did on the single tree felt hackneyed (boring and forlorn). They asked the tree, “where are the other branches, so at least we could hop onto another for a different warmth and relaxation, because we are fed up standing on this one”. The tree answered and said, “I reserved only this one because it is the unblemished and attractive branch that I love so much, while the rest were just dull, lacking appealing features and filthy, so I chopped them off”
It went on to say that, due to that (the chopping of the tree) it has lost strength and has attracted reduced life-span, and therefore, had only 8 moons (months) to live, and that, as soon as the time reaches it will collapse. The two feathers (birds) looked at each other and below the earth (and the rest of the birds), where /(which) they had “crucified and judged” simultaneously in a rather flummoxed manner. As a matter of fact, they had spent all the moons on that single tree branch and they had few hours to experience the fall (death) of the tree.
Thoughts, like the “Atlantic Ocean” itself, “flooded” their little fluffy brains. They were overwhelmingly confused! They grumbled with their disparaged thoughts; both trying to come out with a better decision, to ensure their survival. They hanged in the sky in egregious dilemma, of whether to die up in the sky just as the tree or to denounce themselves as being pure and …. (blah, blah, blah) to join the rest of the so-called ill-omen and filthy birds, to save their lives.
End-of-Story**
What is the use of the sun if it leaves us (during the day)?
Without darkness, what is the use of the sun?
Moral
Life is a balance. Without balance, the world would sink. How? Everything Good, life presents us, is in itself Bad. Again How? Take “Coldness” for instance. It could give you life (if hot temperature is overwhelming) and could kill you as well. Life is a balance.
Anything or Anyone we see as Bad, is in themselves Good.
Even if we are the Good in whatever we find ourselves, or whatever situation, we should always remember that we are the balance. As soon as we “run away” we lose ourselves, because there is no balance there of.
Acceptance creates balance in life. It might not lead to happiness (as we always want in everything) but it leads to knowledge and understanding of life – the very essence of life.
Mr. Hko (Writer and Coach)
The Life - Mr. Hko 