Birdsong

We think of the birdsong as an auditory experience but today I heard the song of the birds without hearing a sound or should I say, the sounds I heard were the stirrings of my heart and soul feeling what my eyes were seeing--the majesty of G-d's winged creation.

Gazing out the large sliding glass door of our lovely home in Tzfat, situated high upon a hill, my eyes caught the flash of movement in the distance.

I could feel the power of their unity I moved out of doors where I was privy to view them flying in shimmering symmetry above the majestic peak of Har Hermon,and the stunning panorama of the Golan heights, a large migrating flock of beautiful, white birds.They appeared to be dancing through the air in an exquisite rhapsody of fanciful movement. I stood mesmerized by their swirling motion of absolute harmonious rhythm gracing the skies with their unsung melody.

There was a cadence to their definitive movement...an expansion and contraction like a powerful heartbeat in the sky. I could feel the power of their unity and the intuitiveness of their onward/upward migratory journey to their inborn destination. Watching this cohesive group of bird bodies blending and intertwining in this beautiful living art literally took my breath away.

At one point they dove through the billowy clouds and emerged drenched in sunlight with shimmering, glittering bits of what looked like fairy dust stuck to their bodies. I was giddy with delight at the spectrum of light penetrating their exquisite, outstretched wings.

As the heavenly flock flew out of my visual range, I felt deeply transformed by the powerful sensory experience.

I turned inward to gaze at my own majestic soul beauty. I have wings to fly I said to myself and I have the stunning blueprint of the Torah to guide me throughout my entire life. Embedded in my DNA is the homing device that leads me inward and upward to my own personal destiny.

Just like G-d created this exquisite creature called bird with its inherent ability to soar and glide gracefully thru the skies homing in on where it needs to be at all times, so too we, as G-d's exquisite children, can soar and glide through the clouds of life and emerge into the sunlight of life and experiences, glittering and shimmering with our own exquisite mastery of movement.

I have wings to fly...The words of this poem/Blessings flew into my mind:

May we find the grace, to claim our space wherever it may be.
And with the might of G-ds divine light
Like the bird, may we choose to soar free.

To fly with might. To live with delight With strength from the One up above.And may we carry our weight
in an effortless grace, restoring our souls in love.

May we choose to be harmoniously attached to all of the Nation. And may that very act in fullness of heart restore to us complete calm.

May we integrate the warmth of the sun into every facet of life and dive through our days in peaceful ways and may they be without strife.

May we soar high like the birds in the sky Knowing our place in G-ds plan. And feel with our hearts the love on G-ds part as He takes us by the hand.

Like the bird flying high into the sky .... with G-d's help always finding our way with courage and joy and might and delight Enlivening each and every day.

May we integrate the unity of the migrating flock high above And end our days in beautiful ways With gratitude to G-d from the deepest love.