Random Act of Metaphor – A Turkey Vulture Battling Rogue Winds

Hmmm, would the good days be as good if the bad days were not as bad?

It has been a crazy, chaotic work week. One of those weeks where your hope is just to make it to the weekend with your sanity more or less intact. An encore performance by winter thrown in seemed almost predictable.

What was not predictable was the Turkey Vulture soaring overhead as I drove down Dewside Drive a few minutes from home on Friday afternoon. Turkey Vultures are common, but not in urban neighbourhoods. This particular Vulture was pitching and twisting like a lost kite in the blustery conditions that prevailed today. I felt sorry for it as it battled the impetuous wind.

Hawks, Eagles and Vultures migrate through this time of year. They follow high ridges and hills taking advantage of air thermals to ride the wind and conserve energy. My guess is this particular Turkey Vulture was blown off course by the high winds and was struggling to take back control of its journey.

It occurred to me that this Turkey Vulture and I had a lot in common. Life was knocking us around and testing our character. It was tempting to throw up our hands (or our wings, as the case may be) and surrender. But there was a lesson to be learned – the importance of staying the course when events seemed to be conspiring against us.

A Turkey Vulture battling rogue winds: a random act of metaphor to remind me that if life was easy, it would not be anywhere near as interesting.

~ Michael Robert Dyet is the author of “Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel” – double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael’s website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com or the novel online companion at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog .

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