I never could have imagined that a bird would be as much of a pet as Jack is. I could watch him forever. For a canary he is amazing. He plays with his food, pecking at his apple and carrot, pulling off pieces of spinach and climbing up to get seeds off his millet spray.
Today he jumped inside his covered water dish and took a mad splashing bath! It must have been good because he did it several more times before stopping. So, I refilled his bath tub and left it in his cage.
I love watching him and I realized something.
It's not something really new. When I taught preschool we used to say that if we were interested, the children would be interested, but if we were tired or bored we should expect them to be too. It's the same story here.
I pretty much get back from Jack what I give to him. I feed him a variety of foods and give him different things to play with and his interest in it all keeps my interest alive and well.
Life is probably like that most of the time. I get back what I put into it. If I am not interested enough, or creative enough to be pro-active then why would I expect life to be fun, or exciting?
If I give it my best shot, it's likely I will get an equal and wonderful reaction! And even if I don't? Well, the giving is actually pretty satisfying and fun all on its own.
Today he jumped inside his covered water dish and took a mad splashing bath! It must have been good because he did it several more times before stopping. So, I refilled his bath tub and left it in his cage.
I love watching him and I realized something.
It's not something really new. When I taught preschool we used to say that if we were interested, the children would be interested, but if we were tired or bored we should expect them to be too. It's the same story here.
I pretty much get back from Jack what I give to him. I feed him a variety of foods and give him different things to play with and his interest in it all keeps my interest alive and well.
Life is probably like that most of the time. I get back what I put into it. If I am not interested enough, or creative enough to be pro-active then why would I expect life to be fun, or exciting?
If I give it my best shot, it's likely I will get an equal and wonderful reaction! And even if I don't? Well, the giving is actually pretty satisfying and fun all on its own.
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