Belief in yourself

The Little Bird

The little bird sat in its beautiful cage and knew its owner would provide all the warmth, food and water it needed each and every single day. 

One day, as the little bird sat on the perch in the beautiful cage with its food and water the owner had just given it, they noticed something outside.  And as the bird looked from the inside of their cage looked out through the window it saw other birds.  Some birds sitting on the rooftops, the fences, the trees, the hedges, the telephone wires basically anywhere the birds wanted to. Some birds swooped and dived in the sky twittering and tweeting.  Some birds just sang and sang their joyous little tunes.

The little bird had never noticed the other birds before as they had been happy sitting in their beautiful cage and happy to be given warmth, food and water it needed each and every single day.

Now the little bird wondered.  Wondered what was outside of this cage for them, what songs they could sing, how high they could fly and what it would feel like to do what the other birds did so easily. So now, each day the little bird watched and wondered.

One day, the owner fed the bird and refreshed the water but as they left, the little bird noticed they had left the door of the cage wide open and as the bird looked toward the door it noticed the window was wide open too and the little bird could see the other birds the birds sitting on the rooftops, the fences, the trees, the hedges, the telephone wires basically anywhere the birds wanted to. They could see the birds that were swooping and diving in the sky twittering and tweeting.  They could see and hear the birds that were singing their joyous little tunes. 

The little bird began to feel excited! With a hop and a flutter they knew that they could be out there too doing what all the other birds were doing. What was to stop them?  The cage door was wide open and that the window that led to the other birds, well, it was wide open too.  What was to stop the little bird deciding to go? To live with the other birds and doing everything that they were doing. To make the choice. 

The little bird sat and thought………

The little bird sat and watched……..

The little bird sat and doubted………..

The little bird sat and thought some more……….

The little bird felt afraid……….

The little bird………………

The little bird……………..

The little bird……………..

Stayed