Learning to Stop

 

Birds cannot see air.  They depend on it; they use it and have learned what they can do with it and in it and yet have never seen it.

It is learned knowledge.  As a baby bird they are instructed to trust in the fact that it is there.

They know the nest is there, they can see it.  They know their mom can fly through it because they have seen her do it.

By the time they are fully grown they have learned to do amazing things in the air they cannot see.

If we need to slow down or stop while we ski down a slope we have learned to angle our skis, forming a plow type action, generating more friction.

Should we be running and wish to stop, we manipulate our legs and posture to achieve the desired results.

Birds know that by creating more resistance against the air they can slow down and land safely. 

So why, I ask you, if all the moron behind me had to do was step on the brake, why did he plow into my car?  He could see it.  He knew I was there.  He understood how brakes work.

        I’m thinking that maybe he has a little less than a bird brain.

        OK, I'm done now.