Today was a typical Thursday. Lots of impossible deadlines and Stress with a capital S. Then something so wonderful happened it completely turned my day around. I have an office with a big picture window by the front door at my place of employment. Most afternoons around 4:00, I’ll put a saltine on the large stone we use as a doorstop. The birds enjoy it and I enjoy watching them as I finish up whatever tasks I’m working on.
Today I was buried in contract negotiation documents and vendor billing errors and general Thursday madness, when I heard a small tap. A little blackbird was perched on the stone looking expectantly through my window. I hurried to get him his cracker, placed it on his stone as usual and went back inside to watch the show. After he’d taken his cracker, I went back to work feeling a little less stressed.
About 20 minutes later, I heard another tap at the window. This time he wasn’t asking for anything. The blackbird had carefully placed a gift on the stone for me! From his spot nearby, he watched as I came outside and collected the beautiful sculpture of spider web, leaves and mud and feathers he’d brought to me. I thanked him with another cracker and took my precious gift inside. I haven’t stopped grinning since.
Isn’t it amazing how an act of kindness from an unexpected source can turn your whole day around?
16 responses so far ↓
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witchypoo
// Jul 11, 2008 at 4:38 am
I totally love this!
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Nancy
// Jul 11, 2008 at 6:35 am
So, so awesome!
I wish you had a camera right then too.
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computerangel
// Jul 11, 2008 at 7:42 am
It doesn’t surprise me that I would get sentimental and tear-eyed at your anecdote this morning. Sometimes the best gifts are directly from nature and they emerge when we need them the most, IF we keep our eyes open. We are idiots to think that nature doesn’t have a consciousness, and we are deaf to most messages. I love that you are so attentive to nature, in a way that keeps you sane! Thanks for this, it brought tons of memories of similar experiences and I got to appreciate them along with yours! *sniff* I’m such a tree-hugging hippie!
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mary t
// Jul 11, 2008 at 9:06 am
That’s pretty darn cool.
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Leslie
// Jul 11, 2008 at 9:16 am
wow, what a great gift and who says animals aren’t smart?!
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Green Girl
// Jul 11, 2008 at 9:21 am
How cool! This post made my morning!
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Dr. Brazen Hussy
// Jul 11, 2008 at 11:15 am
Awwww! I think you have a boyfriend now.
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Fannie
// Jul 11, 2008 at 11:19 am
GREAT story, thanks for sharing.
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Kandy
// Jul 11, 2008 at 11:39 am
That’s the coolest thing…I love animals, they have a way of making us smile when we least expect it…
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Hottdog
// Jul 11, 2008 at 12:34 pm
that is awesome!
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Traci Anne
// Jul 11, 2008 at 12:46 pm
That is adorable!!
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Ree
// Jul 11, 2008 at 2:30 pm
How wonderful! I’m sitting here grinning thinking about it.
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monstergirlee
// Jul 11, 2008 at 8:56 pm
So cool, so very cool. Wow. Thanks for sharing that.
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Janet
// Jul 14, 2008 at 11:12 am
That is such a wonderful story. Send it to Reader’s Digest.
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Woman in a window
// Jul 18, 2008 at 10:52 am
What an amazing gift! Glad you scooped it up in body and mind!
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Jessica
// Jul 18, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I love this. And it’s something I absolutely never would have thought to do.
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