Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

Nestlings are so very vulnerable.

This little one endured severe thunderstorms, only to be stalked by a crowd of noisy crows

and survived that too.

Nature provides lots of drama for her creatures.

Perhaps we all have a nestling within us…our inner hatchling.

It's the part of us that has come through the storms

and evaded or slayed the scary monsters –

sometimes with grace and other times not –

but through it all have come to trust the deep instinct to grow stronger and to thrive.

Spring is upon us – a good time to acknowledge our strengths

and our connection to the fragile new arrivals.

After all, we were once just like them.

Baby Robin, reprinted from Laine's Blog, March 2012.