Is this red-winged blackbird a rebel for not obeying the rules? Or is the bird just being a bird?
An AI Google search to define a rebel summarizes Merriam Webster saying a rebel is “a person who fights, resists, or refused to obey an established government, ruler, authority or social tradition.”
250 + years ago and even more recently, Paul Revere and many others were considered rebels. Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, …the list goes on and on.
Rebels have changed the world, both for the good and for the bad.
These ‘rebels’ had a passion underlying their rebellion, a passion to help make right what they considered wrong.
We were probably all rebellious growing up, testing our parents’, teachers’ and others’ authority along the way. Sometimes we were oblivious to the consequences of that rebellion. We may have had to learn the hard way.
I wonder what our world would look like if we all just were like the bird, just being. I wonder what the world would look like if everyone considered the golden rule – treat others as you want to be treated.
Would there be a need for rules and authority if everyone practiced the golden rule?
What are your thoughts? Are you a rebel?
