I haven't left my house in a week because I cannot drive or even comfortably sit. My normal daily activities have been completely changed as I can't lift anything and can only stand for short periods of time, so, I've been really learning my lessons in stillness. On Wednesday, I was all alone and trying to fold a basket of laundry. As I leaned forward awkwardly to place a folded shirt on the couch, I noticed that just outside of my window, in the tree below, was a small nest with a bird that fit perfectly in it.

It was such a beautiful picture! I wasn't sure at first that it was a robin because she looked small for a robin, but later, when I looked out again, she wasn't there and I saw two tiny, bright blue eggs in the nest. When she returned I sang a song to her through the screen and she didn't seem to mind me being that close. I check on her several times a day because I don't want to miss when those little eggs hatch!

It seems in my required stillness there are lessons abounding everywhere around me. My little robin perches perfectly in her nest. It isn't a large nest and, in fact, I don't see how she will fit into it at all once her eggs hatch, but she has no worries. She also has no agenda or any need but to be simply sitting on her eggs. She goes away for short periods to get food, but never with any sort of rush or anxiety. Its like she feels peace in the fact that she has chosen a safe place for her eggs. She doesn't worry that something will happen to them. She isn't anxious about all the other things that she could be doing and she shows no concern for how she will provide once her babies are here in the world.

I'm fascinated and enthralled by her behavior. Nature is not pressured by time, ambition or recognition. The birds don't experience anxiety or stress. Everything just is. And whatever is, is perfect.
Cheryl