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Holly invites us to reflect on our spiritual journey. For the next several weeks, we will be writing about different little words. Today is Michelle’s word, FLY. I made a Tagxedo image with my thesaurus. com search. My own little word, Reach, came up a number of times. I hadn’t made the connection before. When I selected Reach, I was thinking more about goals I want to strive for. But isn’t that like learning to fly, trying to pick up the tail winds and soar?
Discovering synonyms is a good way to ruminate on a word. I watch the birds when they fly. The hawk that glides across the highway in search of hidden prey. I am not like the hawk, a hungry hunter.
The hummingbird comes to the feeder, fluttering wildly to sip sweet nectar. I am not as desperate as a hummingbird who is so quick and finicky.
The seagull came up in my search a few times. Am I a seagull, like Jonathan Livingston, tired of materialism and conformity, looking for meaning in perfecting his flight?
With a wing for understanding and a wing for influence, my flight will be balanced. I will rise to awareness. I will strive toward space, a place to be me. A place to know I am loved.
With God as my compass.
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Margaret, I like your comparisons to different birds and your perspective on how your OLW connects to Michelle’s word, fly. This week we are soaring in the sky to fly with the Lord. Your poster is striking and your Tagxedo a celebration of words. Fly into a great week.
WOW!! I can’t believe you mentioned Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I hadn’t consciously thought of that book in such a long time, but it popped into my head this morning as I was reading these posts. I’m going to have to reread that one! Yes, I love the connection of FLY and REACH. That’s one of the reasons I picked this word. Thank you for your thoughts!! It truly is such a gift to get your thoughts on my OLW!!
Like Michelle, I was excited that you mentioned Jonathan Livingston Seagull, too! My husband gave me that book when we were young, in our 20s. I also thought it was neat that REACH came up as a synonym for FLY! Love the Tagxedo – wonderful synonyms for FLY! I like that you found just the right bird with which to identify.
I love the image of flying and God as our compass. I think I am more like a bird who swoops, trying to find those moments to soar. I love all of the synonyms for fly. So much to think about.