Two flew away and he went for the third one. Without a doubt, it flew away as well.
He looked at his grandma who was carrying his bag and seemed to be asking "Can I stay here to catch the birds?"
How naive kids are.
Looking at the scene, it dawned on me that I am just like him when I was about that age. Chasing after birds and doing whatever that looked interesting, without thinking if it is ever possible.
As we grow older, we are taught how to avoid danger, how things should be done, what is impossible and what will get us ridiculed at by others. We now live in a box with rules defined by others. And the rules seem to be getting longer and longer.
If you are 18, you should be in school. When you are 25, you should at least finished university and found yourself a job with good prospects. By 40, you should be doing pretty well in your career, married with two kids.
Maybe you no longer need to get married by 40, but you are bind by other rules. Don't dream of the impossible. Stay where you are and don't make mistakes in your job. Never challenge your superior. Don't play with fire.
Written or unwritten, we live according to the rules taught or forced on us from our parents, friends, society, teachers, colleagues and corporations unconsciously or deliberately. Of course, some of them are useful to protect our lives. But others do more harm.
Look at yourself and you'll see that your actions and decisions are the results of these programs you took in along the way in your life.
But you can always change what you don't like or what's not working for you.
Whenever you find yourself thinking or talking yourself out of an idea that sound or feel stupid, remember the little kid in you running after the birds.