PIGEONS ARE SYMBOLS OF PEACE

Since biblical times doves were known as symbols of peace. When Noah took his arc to safety, it was a white dove that flew in and gave home the peaceful olive branch. Picasso was invited to draw the first “Dove of Peace” for the first International Peace Conference in Paris after WW2.

Pigeons are generally peaceful among themselves and won’t attack people either. Especially if you are feeding them. If they feel any real threat toward them and especially their young’un, they will buffet their wings.

I’ve read so many articles about pigeons. 9 times out of 10, they all quote “rats with wings.” Woody Allen defined them in a way that there is no coming back from.

But now, when you see a pigeon strutting down the park, maybe take a second look at it, knowing what you know now.

I have a feeling a little more respect might surface up. That pigeon’s grandfather may have saved a whole battalion in WW2. Or maybe the pigeon’s cousin saved a woman by detecting a tumor in her breast. And as it takes flight and find its nest using its homing capabilities – maybe sing another tune other than rats with wings.

“Petit à petit, l’oiseau fait son nid” 

The famous French idiom means “little by little, the pigeon makes it’s nest” – means if we take little steps one at a time, we can achieve something we wish. Peacefully.

The more we learn about these pigeons, maybe we can gain a little more respect and appreciation for these brave and smart fliers.

Little by little.

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