Life lessons from an Ostrich

I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I'm guessing most people would agree that the ostrich isn't the best looking creature around. They are the planet's largest birds, but do not fly. Graceful and languid are not words you would normally associate with them. They also have three stomachs (pretty weird) and their brains are supposedly the same size as their eye-ball, which means if there was a MENSA club in the animal kingdom, there's not much chance of too many ostriches being registered members. 

For all these reasons, it would be understandable if all an ostrich did was mope around, lay a gigantic egg or two, and generally feel sorry for itself.  

But! Organise a 100 mts in the outback, and our ostrich friend will most likely decimate the competition. On its day, not only can it outrun pretty much every other land animal apart from the cheetah, it is also the fastest creature on two legs. (Wikipedia says this, so it must be true).

Recently, when languidly flicking through channels, I chanced upon a nature programme. Watching the ostrich at full tilt was a sight to behold. In fact, you could almost see a smile on its face as it blazed across the field, a bit like the Road Runner in the cartoons I remember watching as a kid. 

Here was this awkward, not very good-looking, small-brained bird, doing the thing it loved, and loving it. It was so inspiring that I nearly went out for a run that very instant. (I didn't, because I still had some banana chips to finish).

The point is, if you have found your passion, the thing you do best, then do it more and do it even better. If you haven't found it yet, don't do that other thing ostriches do and keep your head buried in the sand. Seek it out, that thing you love, and your life will never be the same. 

The world is waiting; what are you waiting for?