21 Feb Instead of Regulations | Feb. 2017

Why Birds Rejected Regulations

Band-tailed Pigeon, Who Agreed to Appear in This Post

Long ago, when everything was being sorted out, the birds met to make a critical decision about regulations.

The issue was: Do we need rules to guide how we live?

Of course, the birds realized the benefit of having rules: They can facilitate order.

Being wise, the birds also considered the implications of having a system of rules.

First, rules require organizations to invent and then enforce them.

Second, some group might create rules that favored themselves while harming others.

Third, rules can be used as weapons, where someone baits another into breaking a rule so that the rule breaker can be punished.

Fourth, all rules are written after a harmful action has become too offensive to ignore.

Fifth, a collection of rules would require large brains to remember them.

So, mainly because of the fifth reason, the birds decided upon a simpler system.

Values.

And now the question was: What value would best serve to preserve the continuation of birds?

After a great amount of thought, they choose Compassion.

In this case, it’s compassion for Nature. Because birds are as much a part of Nature as Nature is part of them.

And because they depend upon Nature for their survival.

Much success,

Steve Kaye

Find More at:

Manifesto for the Birds

Bird Story About Power

Birds Up Close

Help Birds Tip

Show compassion for Nature.

For example, minimize waste, put litter in trash containers, and use natural resources carefully.

In general, treat Nature as if it were your home, where your wellbeing  depends upon its vitality.

Did You Know?

The most effective way to help birds is to buy land.

Here are three organizations that excel at doing this.

1) American Bird Conservancy

2) The Nature Conservancy

3) The Trust for Public Land

Please visit their web sites to learn about the work they do.

Here’s an excellent book: The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation

You can help – Please share this blog with others.

Inspiring Respect for Nature, one bird at a time.

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