It's a necessary corrective, an antidote to most craziness. It can also be lots of fun.
Today the indoor parakeets are spending some time outside with me as I work. To say they are excited is putting it mildly. They haven't shut up since I brought them out here. A moment ago a baby bird landed on the table beside me, attracted by the exotic chirps of these unfamiliar creatures. A change of scenery for them, too, that of the wild beside the tame.
What has the birds so excited? The same thing I've been treasuring recently — perspective.