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Lessons from bird-watching
Christa Case Bryant
We can learn a thing or two from watching birds, as our inimitable essayist Murr Brewster shows us with her usual wit this morning. It鈥檚 not just about learning to recognize feathers and calls, but also about the aspiration and freedom that enable humanity to soar above the challenges of the day 鈥� whether that鈥檚 a long war in need of resolution, wild horses and teenagers in need of support, or a self-absorbed music producer retuning his heart to make room for family. 鈥淗old fast to dreams,鈥� poet Langston Hughes once wrote. 鈥淔or if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly.鈥�
