I love ducks, don't you? They waddle. They swim gracefully. You can feed them. The flying V! (Mighty Ducks is still one of the best sporting movies of the 90's.) And did I mention, they waddle!
But sometimes I run by ducks and think they are the dumbest creatures I've seen. Ever watch a duck get down from a curb to cross the road? It's ridiculous! They rear back. The wings are spread. You can hear it- easy quack easy. The curb is 6 inches. His little waddling legs only 3 inches. If only he could step down one webbed foot at a time. Unlike us, he needs to jump - woah quack easy quack w-w-woah! Dude, YOU'RE A DUCK! This little adorable creature is struggling to get down from a 6 inch curb. YOU CAN FLY. You're a stinkin' duck! Just fly across the street already! Ugh. How many of us are acting like ducks? Seriously, we're equipped and ready to move in the right direction, and what happens? Doubt. Instead of flying up over the street quick and easy, we weeble-wobble at the curb. We rear back and flail our wings and think, "woah, that's a big drop." I always wonder what goes on in the mind of the duck. What is so important that the duck must choose to walk across the road? I don't get it. Until I think of humans. So many times I see people who could just avoid the problem of the road. The hard asphalt on the webbed feet probably doesn't feel so good, but we force ourselves into it through an awkward, if not uncoordinated, flopping. We are designed to fly above, and be in our elements, but why not just walk the harsh road. Sometimes I think we choose to walk on the asphalt because it's what we see others doing. The ducks in the neighborhood have been here long enough. They watch us and attempt to do what we do. I'm not saying that ducks don't walk, but that isn't always the best plan. Sometimes we choose the item right in front of us instead of using a little effort to get ourselves into the air. There are times we choose the road over flight because we are just plain tired of flying. Either way, it makes me want to shake people. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? JUST FLY! WHY WON'T YOU JUST FLY?! I'm no psych - we all know that - but I would really love to know what keeps people from flying. I don't know about you, but this duck's gotta fly! I don't want to be someone that when they look at me they picture that awkwardness of a duck rearing back, fumbling over her own webbed little toes, and trying to figure just how to get down to the next level. I want people to look up and see me flying in V formation, ready for what lies ahead. (quack......quack.....quack....quack...quack..quack.quack quack quack quack)
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