This morning, at work, a tiny reed warbler hit the window next to me. A soft thud. There he was, a small, dazed bundle of feathers on the ground.

I picked him up gently and placed him on my desk. He looked at me, I looked at him. Neither of us had a plan. For two hours, he sat there next to my tools, slightly stunned but alive. He was recovering. I went back to work, but I kept glancing over sporadically, checking if he was breathing, if he needed anything. He didn’t need a thing. He just was. And then, as if nothing had happened, he spread his wings and flew away.

For a moment, a thought popped into my head, what could I do more of? But the answer is — no. And that’s just it.

You don’t always have to do more. Sometimes, it’s enough to just do something good. To be present. To react. To pick up a little bird from the ground and give it a moment to recover. You don’t have to adopt it. It’s enough to just be human.

We’re constantly bombarded with messages that we need to do more. Be more productive. Be a better parent, a better gardener, a better blogger. Optimize, maximize, revolutionize, monetize. It’s exhausting.

But what if the secret isn’t in doing more, but in doing just enough? What if it’s about the small, quiet things? Like letting a stunned bird sit on your desk.

So, do we need to do more? Honestly, probably not. Most of us are already doing plenty. Maybe this is already enough. It’s not grand. It won’t change the world. But it changed that bird’s world for a couple of hours. And mine, too.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go see if my lettuce has been attacked by snails again. Some battles are worth fighting, because sometimes, saving a lettuce from snails feels just as heroic as saving a bird.

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