Endurance

I stay on the third floor...and my computer is near the window...and when i sit there i look out often. I wouldnt call it a picture perfect view ...there are a few trees, a playgroud that is now covered with puddles, a few buildings.

The trees are the closest.
I have seen these trees for years....torn kites entangled on the branches during the kite flying festival...pink flowers during summer...fresh green shade of the leaves during the monsoons..a few branches falling too!
I have seen birds take shelter here...mate(or maybe trying to)..build nests..lay eggs..the eggs hatch (ok i havnt seen them lay and hatch the eggs)...parent birds feeding young ones and teaching them to fly...and finally before i know theyre gone.
I have seen pigeons, crows, ravens, sparrows occasionally chameleons and butterflies and yes once i saw a robin too! But mostly its the pigeons here...Or wait they just hangout at my window parapet. When all the birds sit on trees..they prefer my window and entertain me with the "gurrr-gurrr" sound.

Yesterday i looked out ...pigeons on the tree...surprising...they've finally realized where they belong! But yesterday was no ordinary sunday...it was raining heavily...and yet these birds chose to sit on the tree instead of my window parapet. Well it does irritate me..that gurrr gurrr sound they make and they poo all over the parapet. But im not insensitive, i wouldnt have shooed them away if they took shelter (i have never done that before!)...they would've been safe and dry.
I watched them for a while ...they were totally drenched yet they stayed there.They dint look very happy...they sat far from each other...occasionally shaking themselves to remove water from their wings.
I wondered what they must've been thinking....were they thinking : why god, i have not done wrong to anybody then why do i have to go through this? or...i dont deserve this!! Were they thinking what am i gonna eat ?..i cant get any food in this weather and im hungry.! were they thinking wot if it doesnt stop raining...ohh no ! We're all gonna die!!
ok i cant figure out what they were thinking...i wonder if they were scared!
They sat there calmly.
It started blowing..the branches swayed with the strong winds..but they did not move...they just tightened their grip on the branch.
They were silently enduring it all...

1 hour, 2 hours...ok i was fedup now...i went to sleep...when i woke up i looked out...there sky was clear...it had stopped raining. They had gone.

So many times we go through "emotional crisis".
We complain..question god...question others ...question ourselves..look out for answers...blame others...yet others give-up.
When infact all that is required of us is Endurance!!