Life: the Bird & the Brick.
People. People are like wings, they fly you places. People. People are like bricks, they keep you grounded to a place. One isn’t better than the other.
Your ability to take on your role as a navigator, a pilot, determines the benefit of people in your life. You miss the benefit of people when you do not take responsibility for the direction of your life.
People as wings. Wings take you where you would otherwise not go by yourself, on your own. If “sky is the limit” how did you think you were going to get there? In the world, this is called “connection”, in other circles, it’s called “networking”. Essentially, who do you know? Who you know can open doors, literally and figuratively. People can take you places. Wings take you places. You have to be the navigator though, the cemetery is a place and many a people have been flown there by people they’re never to associate with again. So know whence thou flieth. You’d be surprised, sometimes this “flight on wings”, the introduction, the contact is not for free. A lot of people lose their soul for this. Chasing. Some want wings of Cardinals, not Ducks. Some want Eagles, not Dragonfly. Some exchange their peace for comfort seats. Knoweth what ambition costeth. A few want to help you just to help you, good karma, you remind them of their younger self or charity or because, Jesus. Where do you want to go, and when you meet people who can fly you there or fly you closer there, can you ask for help? when you meet wings that want to fly you in the other direction, can you say no? In the world, this can be misused as “using people”, wanting them only for their access, wings have feelings you know. Give before you take.
People as bricks. Bricks ground you. They keep you rooted. Bricks can also drown you. Keeping you rooted deep under the sea. Be careful. Know whence you want to dwell and encourage, invite, court and welcome people who are bricks to keep you planted on Planet Earth. If those without a home are lost, if home is where you’re safe, these homes don’t fall from the sky. People are homes. People build these homes. In the world, this is called “home bodies”, “community”, in other circles, it’s called “local folks”, “family oriented”. Essentially, this is where you belong mentality. A many people lose their way when their grounding (often times their parent) is gone. They fly unhindered into oncoming traffic. Casualties of inhibited freedom with no sense of belonging. You have to have someone who grounds you. It is not a suggestion. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO GROUNDS YOU. Capital letters would make sure I dont miss or overlook that sentence now or in the future. You are lost without grounding. A person who is lost is worse than a person who hasn’t started. You have to have someone who literally and figuratively pulls your head out of the clouds. Again, you have to be your navigator, people can want to keep you grounded where they want to be, not necessarily where you want to be. Bricks can sometimes “hold you down”. Which in the right context is encouraging (a way back home, support) and in another context severely limiting (discouraging, clipping your wings, suffocating your ideas). This is where your navigating comes in. People can encourage you to be the best they want you to be, not the best of who you can be. Again, you cannot stand up from the driver’s seat of your life and expect to cruise into where you want to be in life, even cruise control requires oversight. When you meet a person that is Earth bound, appreciate them. Consider if you can flourish in the part of Earth they want to be bound to, the top of a volcano is also on the Earth. Where they want to take you or keep you, can you flourish there? Bricks are instrumental to having a foundation.
What happens when a Wing marries a Brick?
With Love,
Famous Steve.
