Since I became a Reiki channel, plants and animals have a special and close relationship with me. Injured animals and birds do visit me for healing. Cats and dogs just stop for a while in front of me, with that particular look in their eyes. I know they are asking for a boost of energy and I am always glad to provide.
Building a nest on our window
When I noticed a blackhead bulbul inspecting our window on April 25th, I felt it was planning to build a nest and was about to chase it away. My daughter prevented me saying, “They don’t dirty the place like pigeons, so allow them to make the nest. Let them be happy if they want to be near you.”
So I let them build the nest. What a dedicated full day job it was! It was so good to see the couple working in synchronization. I recorded their effort for half hour. They will fly away to find and bring twigs and straw, then wrap it around the window grill. Most of the time they were away searching. So I edited it and made a six and a half minute video, “Bird building nest on our window” and published. I loved watching that video.
TTT to WIN
A 7 year old found the video depressing, which shocked me. I asked why it was depressing. The answer: “It takes so long to build the nest.”
That statement opened my eyes to the general view prevalent now. When we were building our lives, we knew that ‘Things Take Time’ (TTT) and were toiling for years to save money and buy that refrigerator, the car, the house etc.,
Now is the ‘Fast food era’ where people want things fast and immediately. The TTT has been replaced by WIN, ‘Want It Now’.
Roots need to go deeper for the tree to grow taller
The basic rule of Nature is that you can’t hurry up things. Everything is designed to grow, mature and fully manifest in a certain period. If we hurry things up, it will compromise on the quality. A pried opened bud cannot manifest the inherent beauty or spread the fragrance. This is one basic lesson we need to learn and teach our children early on in their life.
The bulbul’s life story
The nest was completed in a day and later the bird started warming the eggs. The nest was visible from our living room (where we spend most of the day) and the dining table. After the eggs hatched, every day just before sunrise we would see the parents collecting food for the babies.
We would be having our breakfast and watch the babies being fed. Same thing during our lunch time too. In the afternoon, for about an hour or so the parents used to disappear. May be taking that much needed rest!
It was so fascinating to see in front of our eyes the bulbuls growing day by day, developing wings and feathers. They were gaining strength and I found it so interesting to watch them exercising to develop their wings.
It is a matter of great joy that they visit us even now, after they flew off the nest.
To watch the movie of their life story, CLICK HERE
