Gliding

Okay so I have the afternoon off from work because the boys have dental appts at 2 and 3. The school can't give me a 1/4 day off so I am off at 11:30. Wow, some free time. What should I do? Lately idle time for me is not necessarily a good thing. My mind is so full of the junk of my situation that I prefer to be REALLY busy. Maybe I will go shopping to find something for my reunion. Maybe.

Anyway the other day I was on one of my run/walks that I use to clear my head. It was an amazing day outside. The sky looked incredibly huge, it was very blue and the clouds were beautifully wispy. Because the sky was so gorgeous I looked up into it a lot of the time(probably not the safest way to do a run/walk but definitely a pretty way to do it) and I happened to see a large bird flying around. I don't believe it was any fabulous type of bird like a hawk or an eagle, I believe it was just a large black bird but it was far enough up I couldn't tell. Well this bird at one point stopped flapping its wings and just started gliding through the air. I thought that was very cool and how neat would it be to be able to just "glide" like that. I kept watching this bird thinking it would at some point start flying again but it kept gliding and gliding and gliding. It was awesome. I was very jealous of that bird. I mean it has to get tiring to continually have to flap your wings to stay aloft but to know that there is enough wind current that you can take such an extended rest and just be "carried" for awhile, how nice would that be? Then I wondered what it sounded like to to the bird up there just gliding. Being a competitive swimmer for so many years I became aware of the wonderful peaceful feeling it is to just go under water and stay there for a bit; not stroking, not kicking, just to be under the water. It is a great feeling. Weightless, quiet, and so very peaceful, I wonder if it is like that for the birds up that high in the sky when they are just gliding? I think it would be very cool to be able to find out but of course until I sprout wings that isn't going to happen. My guess is it is very much the same. If only there were some way us humans could experience those feelings on a regular basis. If anyone knows of a way to do it let me know, I'm in. Of course it must be a way that is free from chemicals, not into the drug induced escapes thank you.