The Bird That Never Landed
Flight as a Lifelong Promise
A bird circled a town endlessly, never landing even during storms. A curious boy asked why it never rested. An elder replied, “It carries a wish someone made long ago. It can land only when that wish is fulfilled.” The boy spent years trying to discover the wish. When he became an old man, he realized it had been his own: to never give up searching for meaning. As he accepted this truth, the bird finally landed on his shoulder and closed its wings.
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