There is a nest outside my front door.
It was once a beautiful new creation.
I indulged in watching the happy bird couple diligently building their future.
Then the happy little chicks arrived.
Sweet chirps as new lives began their journey.
So much activity and wonder.
Endless care and feeding of new lives.
Then they fledged.
And all of them left.
Now the nest sits empty.
It is tilted, rotting and fading into the season.
A stage in life that is no longer needed.
Like all of us, there are things we build to make something happen.
Those times are great and wonderful.
Then that stage in life no longer serves us.
That’s when we need to leave the nest.
Don’t let the nest you’ve built rot around you.
Move on to your next stage in life.
That’s why you are given wings.
Fly!
