It’s time for your weekly sermon. And no, I’m not preaching to you. I’m telling you my observations from this weekend. I’m telling you that sermons can appear to you in the simplest ways. Mine came from a hummingbird stuck in the garage. Here’s the story.
Hummingbird enters through the open garage door and frantically flies all over the garage.
This seemed like a good idea a few minutes ago but now I have no idead what I’ve gotten myself into.
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Hummingbird, who can’t probably grasp the concept of a ceiling, keeps flying up and up and up searching for a way out.
I made a mistake. I’m panicking. How do I get out of here?
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We open the garage door and place an assortment of red items on the driveway to try to lure him out.
Look at the big bright light and pretty red things. I want to go out but I’m too scared. There are too many obstacles in my way.
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The poor hummingbird keeps flying until he looks exhausted and takes a short rest.
I see the world outside but I don’t understand how to get there.
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He is surrounded by our bicycles hanging from the ceiling. Something as simple as a bicycle pedal can look quite frightening when it’s bigger than you.
When I’m up close, everything seems so frightening.
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We opened up the top of a window and removed the screen hoping that the hummingbird would feel comfortable popping out.
Back away from the problem and get perspective.
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After waiting it out for a bit, we closed the garage door, darkened the room, and left the window open. When we returned a short while later, he had flown the coop.
Focus on the goal and let the obstacles fall away. Then the right opportunity will present itself.
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LESSON LEARNED: Sometimes you have to go down in order to go up.
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And this has been Deep Thoughts with Fadra…
It’s amazing what a different perspective will do to what some might see as a potential problem.
I’m no Jack Handey but I knew this one was going deep. I couldn’t help it. It’s like the metaphor was screaming at me as I was trying to shoo him out the window!
AWEsome! i really loved that one! printed it out and its on my fridge!
Love you, Eileen! Glad you liked it.
This is sweet and I love it because I had a similar experience except I ended up with the Hummingbird in my hand. He just sat there for about 3 or 4 minutes after I walked out of the garage, even let me take a picture or two. I will go put them on my FB page to share.
Awe. You saved it’s life.
Fadra, your words are so deep. PREACH ON.
Great post! I told ya he would find his way out eventually 🙂
I love this. These lessons are all over the place if we just keep listening/looking.