On being trapped in a garden

We have four elevated gardens on our property. They are designed to keep the deer and rabbits out, but yesterday, one of them kept a bird in. This photo, taken in late July last year, shows that they are open at the top.

My husband and I were going for a walk when we saw a little bird trapped inside this garden. The bird was at the ground level and was trying to escape through the holes in the wire wall. The state of panic the bird was experiencing preventing him (or her) from looking up to see the open sky. How to rescue the bird? If we opened the garden door to go inside, it would terrorize the bird. Instead, we opened the door to the garden and moved to the wall opposite the door, hoping the bird would move away from us, see the open door, and escape. The bird shot out of the garden at about 80 miles per hour.

Sometimes we feel trapped like this bird. We are caught up in a business crisis, problem or maze. We are caught up in a troubled business or personal relationship. We feel like we are beating our heads against the wall. The frustration mounts, and the ability to problem solve drops.

What we learned from this:  Stop- take a breath. There are always answers out there. If you are fortunate, someone bigger and wiser than you will open the door. But you can’t give up. There are solutions you have not considered, and people you should turn to for guidance. Someone will assist. Keep looking for the answers until the door opens up or you lift up your head and see the escape route.