Cheating

walking along the pedestrian path, this little pigeon was sorta walking/jumping next to me for a good distance. hey there little friend, i thought i might have company today while i jogged. but when i picked up my pace, this little friend couldn't keep up, got frustrated and took off gleefully. it rested on the trash bin a few meters ahead, head askew, and looked back at me. as if to say, look who's faster now. that little thing! grrrr. that's not fair, that's cheating--i don't have wings!!! but as that thought strikes me, i realize how silly i must now sound. my pigeon friend probably wasn't even thinking of jogging with me to begin with, let alone cheating to be ahead of moi. it probably wasn't thinking at all. flying is its nature and so it's just doing it's 'thing'. :)

we, the homo sapiens, on the other hand, think too much. the brain, the higher cognitive ability, our conscience and self-awareness--all this is a boon, but also a curse at times. sometimes i just wanna live a simple life. in a fishing village, surrounded by sleets of ice, knee-deep snow, friendly polar bears. and maybe a couple of clumsy penguin friends. :) someday, perhaps.