Flying with the Pelicans

Wind. Many of us hate it. But really we must learn to love Wind.

Madness you say, wind is awful and often terrifying even lethal.

As I sit here looking outside the window the wind is howling around me. Ok, Cape Town has a good supply of wind often an overflow of the stuff. But I look and think what does the wind really do, why does it annoy me so and why does it never seem to stop?

The wind if it were a human being would be a highly successful and powerful person indeed. Unlike most humans the wind does what it does and sticks to it and does it better and better. We all try to fight the wind but the wind wins pretty much every time – I look up at the pelicans trying to fight it but eventually….I’ll get to this bit a little later.

The wind does what is does and sticks to it. Now if that is not motivation through sheer confidence then I don’t what is! It blows but more than that it respects those it blows towards or from. Too much wind has us crying “stop!” or “go away!” and too little “oh I wish there was just a gentle breeze!” Imagine if you had something in you that people crying for you to stop when you give it and for you to carry on when you cease giving it? Wow! Life would be different for us all yet in many ways we can all be in this position.

First of all we need to understand the force of wind in our lives. We need to know what drives us, what pulls us and when the balance is just right. I go back to the pelicans. For thousands of years men looked up to the sky and wished to fly like the birds until eventually the Wright brothers managed to fly, albeit for a short time and distance. They knew about the wind in their lives and were not put off by the many hefty gusts that often can close to destroying the entire project.

Pelicans are a great example of understanding the wind in your life. Huge, great big birds not really designed for the art of flying have a goal or destination. With little or no wind this destination is easy and quick to get to but once the Cape Doctor starts to blow the goal becomes a little more of a challenge. Pelicans read the wind; one can almost share their frustration as they end up flying sideways in completely the wrong direction. But watch them longer and you will them adjust their pitch and lift letting the wind drive them and in some cases almost pull them in a more circular passage to their destination. Eventually after never giving up they get to their destination only to repeat the whole exercise 2 or 3 times a day often more.

So, are you able to read the wind in your life and fly like a pelican? I am learning to and I am slowly changing from Pelican to Eagle whilst retaining my Pelican Instinct.

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Happy Flying!