Dealing with your limits also big butt and short wings are not made for flying

I believe that one of the things scaring me the most, is the awareness of my limits and the knowledge of all the things I do without having a clue about how it's done.
Social interaction, communication, parenting...a Dodo is made to be simple, to live simple, to care only for itself and all things social are those kind of things which I strongly believe to be the reason of other Dodo's extinction.
Before becoming entangled with all this social molasses, I was a solitary Dodo, who looked for others to mate and to have a timed amount of fun. After each interaction I retreated in my solitary confinement and I appreciated the warming feeling of my lonely nest.
After that, things happened and my life radically changed.
I discovered this thing called community and it scared the living hell out of me.
I was compelled to see my own flaws, to compare myself to others and the insecurities began to come to life, my carefree Dodo existence got scrambled.
You know what they say - "you cannot unscramble a scrambled egg" so life had changed for good and the way down had begun.
If there is something people underestimate in Dodo's, it's their resilience. How many times can a Dodo stand up after falling? Many, and many more.
After seventeen years I still get surprised, from time to time, about how many times I already got my big ass from the ground!
I cry and get desperate. I say I quit. I reach the bottom and then, I stand up on my short sturdy legs and I waggle my way up again.
This teaches me that knowing your own limits is not so bad after all. You can try to overcome them or simply learn to live with them.
It may be true that a big butt and short wings are not made for flying, but they are all you need to live the simple life of a Dodo. Even when you are at one foot from the cooking pot.

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