Have you heard the wisdom that the left wing and right wing belong to the same bird?
But the deeper wisdom lies in what the bird can do. Not just in how it can fly, but how it can soar.
Think of a baby bird. It has two wings. Small, unproven, and weak.
If this baby bird only took its first flight with just one strong wing it would spiral down to the ground.
No matter whether it leaned primarily on the left wing or the right wing.
Counterclockwise or clockwise, the direction of the spiralling crash would be merely a footnote amongst the tragedy.
But with two strong wings, this bird could fly — right?
Well — almost — but not quite. It would need one more thing.
It would need trust. Trust to peer over the edge. Trust to take a leap. Trust that it could fly.
This trust moves the baby bird forward, even without the knowledge of the vistas this baby bird has yet to see.
Trust is the key. It is valuable beyond measure.
And it has been eroded deeply in our world today. It is why the world feels cheap and impoverished — no matter how much comfort and wealth we might have.
A world without trust is a world without value.
We are at this stage. Not yet strong enough, not yet wise to the balance, not deep enough in the trust so that we might fly.
Somehow we believe one wing is better than the other, and if we launch we are bound to crash in a downward spiral. And instead of leaping of our own volition — we are feeling pushed towards the edge.
Some of us mistrust the message from the right. Some of us mistrust the message of the left. Mistrust the mainstream, but not the alternative media. Mistrust the alternative, but not the mainstream.
A historian has spent a lifetime studying mainstream history and is deeply invested. A soldier of truth has spent countless hours studying the fringe history nobody dares talk about and is deeply invested.
Neither budge.
Their commitment, their investment becomes their identity. There is no pulling back nor using the past as merely a tool to build the vision of a world we would all like to live in.
Instead they are spellbound. Caught in the countless details. Bouncing like countless particles in a sealed chamber, with the heat slowly being added.
We rant, we rave about how the “other” cannot see. Cannot wake up. Eventually we believe the “other” is irredeemable.
In such a state, divided, we cannot even stand, let alone fly. As for soaring — it is a lost dream, long forgotten.
These messages, these narratives, these beliefs are pulling us apart. Distracting us deeply from what we truly need to do. To connect, to care, and to build.
If we could truly connect and cooperate, nothing could stop us. No sinister government. No unruly crowd. No machinations of greed.
Connect. Care. Build. It would become our mantra.
And through it, we would trust again.
And we would take the leap and fly.
And learn to thrive, to soar, with a vision of the landscape stretching before us.
And witness stunning vistas we can hardly even yet imagine.
Together.
But — that sounds poetic, airy-fairy, wishy-washy — but how? Seriously? How?
How does each “other” reconcile? How to bridge the chasm? How to heal the trust?
Knowing the dynamic is half the battle.
Trust is an interesting dynamic. It is like a bridge. But it does not naturally get inserted from the outside. It grows from within — from an inner core.
It is a force that comes from the core of each entity and spreads outwards. Like the branches of a tree. Or like the skeleton supporting the wings of a bird.
Trust is our skeleton supporting an outwards reach. It is strengthened by practicing an outwards reach. It builds and strengthens such a bond.
Practice a little and continue to reach outwards.
Be patient with yourself, like the baby, nest-bound bird.
Let your skeleton of trust grow.
Test a few balanced motions—and build strength.
Peer over the edge and practice your vision — see where you want to go.
Use the past — unattached — merely as a tool — it can come handy to know how to get back home.
But know that home is not where we soar.
We can trust. It is not impossible. There have been groups who have trusted deeply in the past. There are those who do so today. There will be those that do so in the future.
Once a template is set, it is seldom lost. And a template discovered can be taught. Trust can be taught. Trust can be widened.
Reach inwards, and tap into the core of who you are — a being born of trust. Bring it forward and stretch it outwards as far, as wide, and in as many directions as can be.
Go trust!
Go soar!
