2-note bird

2 note bird is my favourite bird. Not because it's the best in the looks or sound department. I actually don't even know what it looks like, let alone what species of bird it is! (This explains my name for her.) All I know is that sometimes when I'm walking to work I hear her. She has only 2 notes that she sings over and over again - high, loud, and clear.

What is it that fascinates me so much about this bird? I don't know what she looks like and she only ever sings 2 notes - hmmm, sounds pretty boring when you put it that way. It's not what she sings that I love, it's the way she sings them. She only has 2 notes, but she uses them. She does not sit and feel sorry for herself because she does not have more notes to sing. She sings the notes she has been given - without apology. She does what she's best at and I believe she loves it :)

I love to find life lessons in the every day things around me. So I ask myself, 'what is it that I can learn from 2-note bird?' All too often I find myself wishing I had more or different gifts. I wish I could sing better, play the piano better, create beautiful pieces of art, be an athlete, be more intelligent...the list goes on. But 2-note bird teaches me that I don't need more gifts to be happy and to bless others. I need to be thankful for the gifts that God has already given me and to use them to the fullest.

Lord, help me today to use the gifts you've given me and to help others recognize and take joy in their gifts too!