{"id":178,"date":"2009-04-22T10:25:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T10:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/04\/learn-from-the-birds.html"},"modified":"2009-04-22T10:25:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T10:25:22","slug":"learn-from-the-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/04\/learn-from-the-birds.html","title":{"rendered":"Learn From the Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the birds chirping. See them flying. In the day, they&#8217;re out<br \/>\nin the air and sunshine. At night, they perch on a limb. They gather<br \/>\nfood when they&#8217;re hungry. They eat what they like; as much as feels<br \/>\nright. They spend most of the day flying around. They find mates. They<br \/>\nraise their young. They do their thing.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t see fat birds, do you? Birds don&#8217;t eat too<br \/>\nmuch. They use their bodies and move. They&#8217;re not worried about<br \/>\nthemselves, or ill at ease and in need of comfort. They don&#8217;t need to<br \/>\neat and eat and eat to feel good. They are totally themselves, and<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t care one way or the other. They just are. And they are fine. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.beliefnet.com\/1.gif\" height=\"8\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the birds chirping. See them flying. In the day, they&#8217;re out in the air and sunshine. At night, they perch on a limb. They gather food when they&#8217;re hungry. They eat what they like; as much as feels right. They spend most of the day flying around. They find mates. 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