The Sunbird That Pushed Me off a Cliff

Can one tiny, little bird🐤 cause something big to happen?😲

Yes. Yes, it can.🔥

Here's how a small Sunbird pushed me off a cliff🤸‍♂️⛰️.

Me The Cliff, and the Sunbird

There I was, sitting on the edge of a cliff, wondering and worrying, torn between visions of dreams and future, my mind plagued by the monsters of indecision, worry, fear, and doubt.

Then seemingly from nowhere, I heard a sound.

A chirp.

A song.

Despite those awful creatures of trouble bothering me, I raised my head.

I looked for the chirping song.

There I saw it.

The Sunbird.

It proceeded to chase those awful creatures of trouble away.

Then it landed next to me, on the set of mechanical wings that I have crafted.

The reason I was sitting on the cliff was I had a set of wings that I created.

It was paid for by a tiny, tiny amount of my blood, sweat, and tears, held in a bottle forged from both joy and pain.

But I am straying from the topic, and maybe I'll tell you about it some other time because for now, the little bird seems to be telling me something.

The Sunbird chirped... and cocked its head to one side, to stare at me with its black beady eye.

I don't know how exactly, but the bird told me to pick up my wings and wear it.

Its voice... I hear it in my thoughts somehow.

I said to the bird, "Will it be alright?" despite all the data telling me that my wings would work fine, I was still unsure.

The bird then flew from the top of my mechanical wings to the ground on the other side of me.

It then told me, "It's fine, you know this yourself, don't you? The only thing stopping yourself IS yourself."

I paused, seemingly provoked by the Sunbird's words, then I let out a sigh.

I said then to myself and to the Sunbird, "Ok, fine. Let's do this thing."

I stood up, picked up my wings, wore it, then secured it.

Then I turned to the Sunbird and asked, "Does it look good?"

It told me, "Well it does, but that's not what's important. The flying part is."

I chuckled, this bird has such dry humor.

The Sunbird flew from the ground to land on my shoulder, it then told me, "Go on, test it, spread it... good, now flap. Ok, now fold it again, and step to the edge."

I followed the Sunbird's instructions well enough as if it were my own thoughts, then I stepped forward to the edge of the cliff.

I peered over the edge, seeing nothing but endless fog.

The Sunbird said, "Now, let me tell you, flying is a wonderful thing, you can go places, experience and see things. You just have to step off the ledge, spread your wings and flap, feel the wind, experience life itself. Don't worry I'll guide you, but I can't carry you."

I smiled at the thought of such a small creature trying to carry a human. I said, "don't worry, you won't need to carry me."

So I stepped forward, and at the moment before I leaped, I suddenly turned my head and said "But what if..."

Suddenly, a creature of fear and doubt popped up a distance away and shot a black arrow from a bow, which buried into my chest, then the creature disappeared as fast as it appeared, turning into smoky shadows.

Alarmed the Sunbird flew up to chase it, but it was too late.

Already, the poison of fear and doubt was slowly spreading throughout my body.

I was frozen to the spot, my heart was seizing up, despite that, I could still understand the Sunbird talking to me.

The Sunbird flew in front of me and pecked once at the arrow lodged in my chest.

It broke off and turned into wispy black smoke when it landed on the ground.

The Sunbird calmly spoke to me, its calmness spreading through my mind. It was sort of soothing too.

"It's not too late, the arrowhead is still lodged inside you, but the only way to stop the poison from spreading, is a bit of my power which I can only use once we're both in the air... I'll have to push you, but it's now or never."

Just barely understanding​, frozen, teetering on the edge of a cliff.

The Sunbird pushed.

It was just such a light tap, barely noticeable but it was enough to send me toppling, wings folded, headfirst into the depths below.

With the wind screaming in my ears, I descended at a frightening rate, then I heard the Sunbird's voice in my head, "Spread it, flap your wings NOW!"

I shook my head, thoughts made clear by the single voice in my head. I unsteadily opened up my wings, the force of the wind tossing me this way and that, thankfully my wings didn't break.

I slowly got the hang of flying and began flapping and gliding, I smiled.

And as I flew more the coldness spreading through my chest slowly faded.

Laughing and gliding I turned to the Sunbird flying alongside me and said "Thank you, for helping me."

The Sunbird said, "I just helped you, look, now you can fly on your own."

While flying and feeling the wind on my face, I said, "Yes but, if you didn't push me I wouldn't have flown myself." I replied.

"You're wrong." The Sunbird stated.

Shocked and perplexed, I turned to look at the tiny creature flying alongside me. "What?" That was all I could manage to say.

It continued talking "you might have not noticed, with all that was happening a while ago, but I just told you that I would push you, when you heard that it was now or never, you stepped forward on your own just as I landed on your back."

As the Sunbird told me that, I slowly realized that what the Sunbird said was in fact true. I started to remember.

I looked as the Sunbird suddenly started flying in front of me, it said to me, "Did you really think that I would be able to push you? You had it in you all along... you knew you could, but just didn't have enough courage to leap."

The Sunbird pulled out a tiny gold feather from its chest with its beak. "Reach out your hand," it said to me.

Not knowing what would happen, I reached out with my right hand, and the Sunbird flew over the back of my hand and pecked at it.

"Ow, that hurt!" I said softly and looked at my hand, there was a tiny gold feather-looking mark on it. I looked at the Sunbird, now flying again alongside me for an explanation.

The Sunbird said to me while bobbing up and down. "The arrowhead of fear and doubt is still embedded in your chest, it will always be present, it will never go away. What you have to do is dig up the courage to suppress it. My feather will help you with that, anytime doubt might strike, just flap your wings, take action, and fear will cease to affect you."

The Sunbird continued talking, "I said I would push you, but I didn't. You stepped forward with your own feet, but always remember that others can continue to support you with their words. Friends, family, just remember and focus on the words that help."

I stayed silent while focusing on the words the Sunbird was telling me.

We flew across the sky as I remembered, thought more, and remembered some more.

Where this journey will take me, I cannot say for sure.

But what's important is that I have started to fly.

FIN.

What Did I Just Read?!

This is a mini-story inspired by an event that happened to me this year.📆

A metaphor, a symbol, an analogy of real life.💡

This is where I tell you about the series of events, which finally caused me to start writing and blogging on this website.📑

There have been many factors to consider in why I started just now. Others have been here long before me.👣

I have been watching from the sidelines for some time. I couldn't commit, not just yet.🔭

Many insecurities and doubts about my abilities might have been holding me back, among other things.🚧

But I must learn to brave the storm, to hold steady. To fly, to run, to continue forward.🏃‍♂️

And before writing this up, while getting lost as usual on the internet, I found myself reading an article that said: "Do. It. Now." So I did. I started writing what you are reading right now.✒️

This is important for me, putting my work out in public, despite my doubts. 🏙️

So I hope to start here and continue tomorrow, and the day after, and the week after, and so on.🌤️📅

This is the writing on the wall.📝

I hope you, dear reader, can see this and understand.🙇‍♂️

I wrote this for myself, and also for you.✍️

If there's something you want to do that would change something, for the better, do it. Because lost time can never be returned to you.⏳

I hope. I pray. and I believe.🙏

It's not too late.🌇

Do something today.💪

Inspirations?

This short story was inspired by a book I personally own:

The Birds Who Flew Beyond Time

[Goodreads Link]

and also by the writing style of Erin Morgenstern, Bestselling author of The Midnight Circus and The Starless Sea. These books are both wonderful and magical, go and check them out!

The 1st Monument. Kilometer Zero.

This article is my Kilometer Zero.🗽

This is where my journey starts and will do everything I can to not stop improving myself. 🛣️

This article is a monument and a testimony of this.

This website was a part of making it happen.

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