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Ornitheology and Recurring Low Grade Anxiety!

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P1000467Stood for about a minute, looking at each other. Not as common as they once were. The male chaffinch song is a cheerful upbeat chirrup! Even when silent, if they stay around long enough they're a tonic, and a sight for sore eyes.
 
As a cure for recurring low grade anxiety, Jesus said "Consider the birds." (Matthew 6:26)
 
One of the great scholars of the New Testament wrote late in his own life in an article on 'anxiety', "Worrying achieves ridiculously little for human beings." (Rudolf Bultmann)
 
Well, we know that Rudolf! But sometimes we are helped by being taken outside of our own heads.
So. Jesus words. "Consider the birds." Go bird watching! Take up ornitheology 🙂
 
In this photo we watched a bird watching us watching him. Please note: No humans were harmed during this photo session 🙂

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