Bird watching.

I saw the most beautiful sight the other day. I saw a family of swans, literally hidden away in a world of their own. The (presumably) mother swan was sat on her nest, with her signets underneath her, amongst some unhatched eggs. I watched her gather some more sticks for her nest, as the father swan swam past and protectively looked around.
It was something I’d never seen before, and it made me think - am I missing out on the simple things?
I’ve never sat and watched a full sunrise, I’ve never seen ants carry leaves on their backs, and I’ve never watched cars speed down the motorway. The most I’ve ever (accidentally) witnessed is cats reproducing in the middle of a street.
As a nation, there’s evidence that we’re becoming increasingly faster paced. Will we reach our old age and realise that life passed us by? Will we regret not watching the clouds when we were younger and still had perfect eyesight to pick out the dinosaur clouds from the smiley faces? After all, the simplest things in life occur every day – so what’s the rush to see all of life’s beauty when we have the rest of our lives to do that?
All I can say is that the swan experience made me feel oddly calm and happy, it’s nice to revel in the simple hidden treasures that the world has sometimes.
If it was your last day on earth – what would you do? I mean, this is the world we live in; its resources have kept us alive, what would be the best way to savour its beauty? We see the sky every day, we smell freshly cut grass, and I think it’s safe for me to say that we don’t really care. However, if you had one last day before embarking on a diet, surely you’d eat a cake and savour it like never before? It’s only when something is being taken away from our lives, that we really appreciate it. If I knew I was going to be blind tomorrow – it would be the only circumstance in which I would happily stare at the Mona Lisa for an hour.
I’m aware that this is a quite soppy blog – but I can’t help how a few feathered birds getting on with their daily routine has affected me.