A Mockingbirds Music
Today I found myself thinking about the classic literature book, “How To Kill A Mockingbird” and I was thinking about Miss Maudie and what she had said. Miss Maudie throughout the whole book had a lot very insightful things to say and one of which was;
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
As I thought and read over that sentence over and over again the words enlightening me in a way that most would not understand. It made me think how one thing, whether it be an experience, an object, a person, can do so little for us and yet carry such heavy meaning. It’s like the time, maybe you were coming out of the grocery store and you were struggling to carry your bags back to your car and that kind man helped you. Or the time when you were going into a company for an interview and the kind receptionist lady told you, you had some lipstick on your teeth.
One small thing could carry over such meaning and make us stop to think that maybe just maybe, there’s still some things that life can present us with to make it just a little more enjoyable. I honestly don’t know if my thought process is going to make sense to anyone, but I hope that maybe someone out there is able too or maybe you are able to try and put it into my perspective as best as you can.
I just found it so compelling that Miss Maudie, had stated so passionately that mockingbirds were these beautiful, amazing creatures, and majority of the time all they do is sing. And even though, majority of the time, that’s all they did she took time throughout her life and in that moment to appreciate them, for just one small thing.
So, with that said. Go tell someone you know that you appreciate them for their cooking skills, their art skills, maybe their good at hair or makeup. Tell them that you appreciate that. Go help someone with something, even though you might feel nervous and you might have to build up the courage, just do it.
Stay safe, keep it classy and as always, make good choices.
Mish
