Soaring.
Rising and falling
gracefully, willingly
with the up and downdrafts
Osprey effortlessly float.
Witness the fledgling
you’ll have a different
perspective.
The large, young
birds hold fast
the mansion,
while flapping furiously
in the updrafts
in their Aeries.
Under parents’
watchful eyes,
they take first flight.
Fear is palpable.
Until they let go,
learning to trust.
The Osprey has called to me for many years. Her amber eyes keen on the horizon, pointing the way to a brighter future. Her presence beckons me to leave the comfort of my own Aeries mansion. “There is so much more for you once you let go and fly,” her eyes say.
I stand on the precipice and I flap my wings. As a fledgling, I test myself in the updrafts, pondering when I will do what I am here to do: fly.
Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. – Luke 17:33
It’s hard to let go of my mansion nest, the comfort of thousands of pounds (and years) of having my feet on something (seemingly) solid.
Now just to let go of fear….
When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.
– Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change
And fly!
Namaste.
Photo Courtesy of Cindy Shryock Sanderson
