FINDING BIRDS
John Burroughs was one of America’s best loved naturalists. In simple style, his books convey his avid enthusiasm and vast knowledge of nature. One day Burroughs was visiting a neighbor. She was familiar with his writings and particularly impressed with his knowledge of birds. As they sat on her front porch, she asked him, “Why is it there are so many birds at your place, but I have no birds at all in my yard?” Burroughs smiled. For the last quarter hour he had been watching all sorts of birds flutter in her bushes, light in her shrubs, flutter in her trees. He replied, “You will not see birds in your yard until you have birds in your heart.” So it is with us all. How much would a change of heart result in a new vision of the world around us?
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