I started the day with the sounds of a hawk gliding overhead. It made its way to a grove of tall trees. As it flew, it blended into my daily prayer—“Oh Lord, go before me and spread forth your grace…push back the day with your grace.” Instead, my words began to come out as, “Lift me high on your wings, O Spirit….that I might sail with you above this day and see it for the gift that it is.”
Of course, it all fell into the specifics—“to see the day
from above, and alight in nothing but delight for the people I will see,” Or, “to know when to glide out of sight from
the fray that would bind my wings and shut up the joy that I call out from above.”
You get the idea. Take life from above. See it for what it truly is. Gift.
In a book called Leadership
on the Line, Martin Linsky and Ronald Heifetz talk about “getting to the
balcony” and looking down on yourself as you interact with others. Some call it the “third ear.” It is a level
of detachment. The “unhooking of your ego.” It
enables you to remain in a difficult discussion or situation without getting
defensive. Remember the hawk. What does the hawk defend from above? It’s free with its incredible gift of vision
to see things in a whole different perspective.
Remember the hawk.
Fly with the hawk…
And give thanks for the day you see.
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