Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My younger daughter since a video of her one year old chasing a pigeon.  The pigeon knew with whom he was dealing and just kept up a zigzag path and our grandson determinedly followed.  My daughter said it was a good way for him to get exercise.  I said let me know if he catches one.  My grandson was happy and the pigeon, well, you couldn't see him chuckling, but you could imagine it.  I can see it becoming a metaphor for much of what we do in life.  We want to catch and capture something.  But it's illusive, just beyond our reach.  And really, the chasing is the point.  No possession of the being is possible, but we don't quite get it.  We're doing our thing, they are doing theirs.  If we stopped, then what?  Worth contemplating.  Jane Goodall just sat; she watched but she didn't chase, and the chimpanzees came to her.