Beautiful in Flight

It was a very boring Sunday when I sank my head under my pillow, thinking deeply of things that could somehow lift my spirit up. I hate being bored because I used to be a very hyperactive kid. I flipped up some DVD's to search for some worthwhile movies but I ended up lying on the couch again. 

Then suddenly, my nephew, Jimmy,  asked me to take him out to the mall. "Sounds like fun", I thought to myself. 

We strolled around the mall the whole afternoon. Still bored, I thought of bringing the kid to the supermarket to buy something to eat. Jimmy suddenly pulled my jeans when we came across a pet shop. The kid obviously wanted to see some animals so I took him in.

Moments later, I found Jimmy looking intently at a beautiful and colorful bird. I asked him if he wants me to buy him the bird. But he said, "The birds here are all beautiful, but aren't they more beautiful if they are flying free in the sky?"

I always knew Jimmy to be a  jolly and playful kid but I never know he had such wisdom for a young boy. The kid didn't just save my money from being spent but he broke the cage of idleness that has been imprisoning me the whole day. 

"That's right kid", I replied. "The best thing you can give to a beautiful creature is freedom."

"And that freedom adds to its beauty", He added.

Sometimes, we want things for ourselves. We want them badly that we will do anything just to get it. But the more we want to get it, the more it loses its beauty.

It's no use forcing ourselves to endeavor things that find its happiness on other things. You can't appreciate the beauty of the thing you love if you place it behind bars. 


In the same way, you can't imprison someone in your heart when he or she finds happiness in someone else. Letting go may be hard but it's harder to force yourself in a preoccupied heart.

Love gives freedom. Be happy to give the one you love some freedom, freedom to be happy. 

Birds are more beautiful in flight.