bird-man

I have been privileged with an opportunity in my life to see,meet and make friends and accquaintances with hundreds,thousandsands and probably millions of people. One thing that is distinct about the people i have met in life is their distinct character. This has probably been the attractive force behind the binding close tied relationships with the mates i have made,over the last couple of years of my life.Truely people and friends are a blessing. but i couldnt help but notice a close similarity between human beings and birds, when it comes to behaviour. despite man being bestowed with the authority over Gods creation,i.e.birds. mankind over the ages of civilisation has oftenly behaved like birds. some people may find this statement offensive. but am merely using a metaphor to allude to a point of which i will expound on later. According to cognitive linguistics,my knowledge of a metaphor is a mapping structure of a source model onto a target model.ofwhich my subject aims at the birds being the source and mand being the target of my behavioural findings. The following are a list of birds in my observation, in comparison tho human beings. peacocks, flamingos, owls, vultures, chickens, robins and finally eagles.

A PREVIEW ON THE ABOVE MENTIONEED BIRDS

The Peacock: It is probably one of the most beautiful birds in the bird kingdom. Their flamboyant array of colorful feathers makes them so attractive to the eye. They are very expensive and often bought by the wealthy to beautify their rosy gardens.

Flamingos: They are tall slim birds that often live near river banks and beaches. They spend most of their days basking in the sun and famously known for bending over for long periods searching for worms and fish.
Owls: They are one of the few Nocturnal birds that sleep throughout the day, but are up and busy throughout the night. They are famously known foe their huge yellow eyes and flexible necks that can almost make a 180 degree turn to the back.
Vultures: They are a rare breed of flesh eating birds that are found in the Deserts and isolated grass lands. They are famously known for waiting for hours on end preying on vulnerable ailing animals that are about to die.

Chickens: They are famously known as mans favorite delicacy. Often domesticated by man, these birds are also famously known for being cowardice. They spend most of their days eating and looking for food.

Robins: They are one of the most common birds in the bird kingdom on earth.. They are famously known for their chirping and are called the singing birds. These melodious chirps are usually and indicator of the break of day. They often live near man and are known to build their nests on roof and tree tops.

Eagles: They are one of the biggest birds in the bird kingdom. They are famously known to fly at very high altitudes and sow through the sky without flapping their wings for long periods. A distinct feature of the eagle is its very powerful eyes that can spot prey on the ground form thousand of kilometers in the sky.

After observing the distinct features of the aforementioned birds, one would ask how I came up with the similarity in behavior with man. O well, this is how!!!Humans, despite being so intelligent, have developed detrimental behaviors which are unfortunately making them fail to fly high in life. This has been a hindrance to man attaining his full potential and leaving a fully filling life.

BELOW ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE BIRD LIKE PEOPLE

PEACOCK PEOPLE: These are a certain type of people that have been blessed with good looks. Much like the feathers of a peacock, these people have devoted most of their lives to flamboyant extravagant dressing. They are known to make fashion statements with their designer fads. They have gotten so consumed with their looks, or how they look, that they walk pompously with pride, brandishing their apparel to other usually for envy. They are known to spend colossal amounts of money on procuring garments and cosmetics and are thought to even starve just so that they can look good.
In a famous Hip-hop brand called Roca wear. Their slogan best entails the character of these individuals. It states, “You are what you wear.” These clothes more than usually define who they are. Psychologists most commonly call these kinds of people Narcissists. This denotes ‘selfish’ or rather self Indulgent people. Narcissism means the love of ones self and refers to the set of character traits concerned with self admiration, self centeredness or self regard. This name was chosen by Sigmund Freud, from the Greek myth of Narcissus, who was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. The danger of these traits has made me theorize this: have you ever wondered why despite the Peacock being a bird, it cannot fly? I think it’s because it’s to fly to fly. Lol . Much like the Narcissit Peacock people who usually cannot develop positively through life, simply because they are too fly too fly.

FLAMINGO PEOLE: They are a certain type of people that choose to love to have few clothes on. Just like the flamingo whose feathers make them look skimpy. They too, spend most of their days on beaches and river banks topless and skimpily dressed. They do a lot of show off running around and a lot of bending over to attract attention.

OWL PEOPLE: The owl types of people spend most of their days sleeping or inactively idle, but suddenly get busy and active during the night. Some examples of such people are Night robbers, and Prostitutes and Club hoppers. Much like the Owls flexible necks, these people always have their heads over their shoulders in Paranoia. Looking out for the unknown force that they preciev out their that’s out to get them. They are many times fearful and extra cautious with their movements and actions due to the absence of light. This has made them slick and tricky individuals that move around unnoticed during the day.

VULTURE PEOPLE: These types of people are very canning characters. Like the Vulture they prey on weak vulnerable people that are usually going through grief, turmoil and ailing. Such victims include orphans, widows and the terminally ill. Examples of these vulture culprits of these are thieves, crooks and property grabbers, just to mention but a few. They falsely befriend these vulnerable people with a facade of good intent. Once the victims are tricked, or convincingly get to trust these individuals, they go in for the kill and get what their deceptive eyes had their eyes on.

CHICKEN PEOPLE: Are a type of people that spend most of their days eating and looking for food.. They are weak minded cowardice self centered individuals. When hungry they will run towards that feed them. But when they are bloated and full, their memory quickly lapse and they run away from the very hand that fed them. They have a very basic life that includes eating drinking defecating and sleeping. In the past decade, the h-hop world coined a derogatory word for easy going senseless gold-digging club hoppers. The call them ‘Chicken Heads’. In his most recent rap album titled Untiled, Rapper Nas has a song called fried chicken. It talks about a certain type of Chicken head-woman who is metaphorically portrayed as a fried Chicken. Here are a few quotable’s from the song. “Fried chicken, fly Vixen, you give me heart disease but I need you in kitchen”, he also says “I don’t know what I like best, your legs or your breast, Mrs. fried chicken, you’re gonna be a niggers death” he ends by saying “its funny how what am eating is killing me, but I keep doing it, why? Coz that’s what niggers do” .I believe the word Nigger in this song refers to ignorant people with blinds on their eyes, and not the racial undertone it’s infamous for.

ROBIN PEOPLE: Basically these are a type of people that make the most noise. They seem to always be in a rush and busy, with very little to show for their tireless pursuits. They walk through life in high pursuit and are known to irritate people with their whining and nagging form the time they wake in the morning and through out the day. Examples of such people are Economic slaves, running on treadmill of life. Their work places are like a slave plantation.

EAGLE PEOPLE: They are unlike any the majority of the bird people that fly low in life. Meaning they stand out from the large number of people, due to their ability to fly at the highest altitude. Because of its great quality, it is evident that these kinds of people have very good attitudes. They are like the one in a million people that understand the secret to good living. They are special because they are the wisest in life’s flight.
A common saying of the eagle states that when it rains, all birds run or fly for cover, but its only the eagle alone that fly’s above the clouds.
This means that problems are upon us all in life, but it’s the wise that can be above the problem with lasting solutions. Hence when faced with numerous challenges in life, its simply our attitudes that determine our latitude.
Despite our different characteristics in life, we should all aspire to be like the high flying good sighted Eagle when it comes to our attitudes with life’s challenges.
But then again it’s always good to come down to earth regularly by humbling ourselves. Which very few Eagle people do. Their inability to come down to earth makes them full fledged Eagles and it makes them Develop Egos. They then become Egotistical people that feel too superior and smarter than the low flying birds. Examples of such are People with Superiority complexes blessed with titles in society. They unfortunately use the titles to define who they are.
Only until they are humble is when they become the true Noble Eagle, such as the one on our flag that symbolizes our ability to overcome.

THE PURPOSE(punch line)
My purpose of my using negative undertones to denote bird people’s behavior is mainly to enlighten and awaken people, in a quest to ask them of who they are?
This is in regard to the behavioral trends we’ve subconsciously adapted through the years that define who we are today. As you read this essay, I would like you to seat back for a while and reflect on the character your have. Now honestly ask yourself who you are?
If you aren’t happy with yourself, don’t despair. It might be a hard to face the person you see in the mirror according to the kind of bird person you are. My analogies are meant to help you have an honest view of your character in the light of helping you better yourself into becoming a high flyer in life with a defined purpose to humanity.
A common idiom states that Birds of the same feather flock together. We as human beings should pick our friends and partners on the same level of flight with us. As the famous rapper Nas says”you are who you associate yourself with. Look around at the five closest friends of yours. That is who you are. If you do not want to be that person, you know what to do”
Eagles surely do not hangout or fly with chickens. Neither do owls nor Vultures. Why? because they are all on different levels of flight in altitude in life. But if you caged them all together, they could co-exist with each other. With a few exceptions of the chicken’s content with the situation, unfortunately the eagle would feel deprived of flying. This is like a person in a relationship that feels tied down by a suppressive partner. They feel discontent with their bond, because one partner can’t let them fly to reach their full potential in life.
The same may apply to some friends that add no value to our lives and prevent us from developing.
We should all strive to become like the Noble Eagle and make quality relationships in life with fellow Eagles.

ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE

It surely would be insulting to Gods wonderful creation if I left the metaphoric undertone on his beautiful birds. Like all creatures they too, like man have a great purpose to humanity and the eco-system. Listed below are a few examples.
Birds like Chickens are very good meat for man, they provide us with eggs that have valuable protein necessary for our health. Without Chicken eggs man would have a hard time baking.
From the unique design of birds like the flamingo, man has immolated Gods design of these birds and created Marvels of Aviation for Domestic, International and Space travel.
Birds like the Robin are very essential in seed dispersal and pollination of plants.
Their chirping is usually deemed as irritating, when in actuality it is an alarm to wake man up at the break of day. It is a music that we should all get to love and consider a blessing. Because just imagine we woke up one day and heard no birds chirping? That I believe would be a signal to tell us that something has gone wrong in the Eco system, like a biological Bomb..LOL
Some Birds are an indication of the change in season and can be a vital sign to farmers to start planting crops.
Some Migrant birds are an indication in the change of season. This could be Important for farmers to start reaping their crop.
Some birds like the Terns are a fisherman’s best friend. They usually loom over huge schools of fish. This is often an indicator to man for them to know where to cast their nets to fish. When lost at sea, these very birds can act as a navigator to ship wrecked sailors to where the nearest land is.
Birds like Hawks and Eagles can also be body guards of man in grasslands against dangerous snakes. These birds loom over footpaths that man uses in search of snakes and hunt and kill whatever snakes travel through these paths. They actually reduce and control the Snake population. Some smaller birds eat Mosquitoes cockroaches and insects that are infamous for spreading deadly diseases to man.

CONCLUSION

In this vain, its clear to see that birds are mans best friend regardless of their flaws. Man is also a flawed being, so it’s important for man to focus on the blessings birds are to humanity rather than their seemingly menial drawl backs. In the same vain man should look at all people in life as flawed but special. No matter what weaknesses our friends may have, let’s try to focus on their strengths and help lower flying improve their character by motivating, loving, Nurturing and encouraging them to better themselves. For the Bible says we are all cheerfully and wonderfully made by God. Psalms 123.
May whosoever read this remember that Jesus was the highest flyer of all time in life.
We are taught as Christians to aspire to be like him and fly like he did. He was humble but came down to earth for the low flying bird people who are lost, hurting, un purposeful and broken spirited.
Do remember the Holy Spirit came down to earth as a bird on Jesus baptism? Do you also remember that Noah sent a bird to check if the flood had subsided? My friends, Surely theres something special about birds.
Am sure there’s something special about you too.
May Godless You Bird-Man..LOL