Question: What does "mockingbirds" poem by Mary Oliver trying say? (poem is below)? Mockingbirds\n\nThis morning\ntwo mockingbirds\nin the green field\nwere spinning and tossing\n\nthe white ribbons\nof their songs\ninto the air.\nI had nothing\n\nbetter to do\nthan listen.\nI mean this\nseriously.\n\nIn Greece,\na long time ago,\nan old couple\nopened their door\n\nto two strangers\nwho were,\nit soon appeared,\nnot men at all,\n\nbut gods.\nIt is my favorite story--\nhow the old couple\nhad almost nothing to give\n\nbut their willingness\nto be attentive--\nbut for this alone\nthe gods loved them\n\nand blessed them--\nwhen they rose\nout of their mortal bodies,\nlike a million particles of water\n\nfrom a fountain,\nthe light\nswept into all the corners\nof the cottage,\n\nand the old couple,\nshaken with understanding,\nbowed down--\nbut still they asked for nothing\n\nbut the difficult life\nwhich they had already.\nAnd the gods smiled, as they vanished,\nclapping their great wings.\n\nWherever it was\nI was supposed to be\nthis morning--\nwhatever it was I said

Answer: Its about the Gift of life\n\nThe dictionary says that gift is “something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation.” It also says “a notable capacity.” Zen teachers suggest that the miracle isn’t to be able to walk on air or water. Rather, the miracle is to simply walk on the earth. How often we overlook what is directly underfoot by trying to see what is out of view and considered by some to be higher or greater! Our everyday situation is the gift we are given. Are we able to hold it gently, thankfully, and peacefully? Even if our everyday situation doesn’t look like what we think it should look like?
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