A twice in a lifetime experience.

[Guest guest]

I want to share with all of you something that happened today at

work. The event itself is probably not unheard of, but it has now

happened twice to me within the space of a year.

Today I went outside to go on a break and saw a poor little bird

huddled by the side of the building looking cold and frightened. Our

building is a tall glass one and birds fly into it often and get

stunned or killed.

This bird had evidently done just such a thing. It was so small and

in the way of foot traffic that I felt it was in danger. So I

picked it up in my hands, meaning to move it to a safer pleace. It

was then that it fluttered its wings to be let go, and I set it on a

safe ledge out of the way of foot traffic, where it settled and

looked at me.

To feel a bird's weight.

To feel its wings flutter in your hand.

To know that you hold in your hands such a tiny but important, vital

life.

It is one of THE most amazing experiences.

The same thing happened last winter, with another bird.

I just wanted to share the experience. Try and imagine it happening

to you.

Tom