The Bearded Vulture

“What a quandary! I have no beard. And yet I have stomached pain and nourished myself with skeletal remains, and all the scraps people have fed me.”

The Bearded Vulture is one of the most unique creatures in the animal and avian kingdom respectively. Unlike it's cousins, other species of vulture, it gorges on the bones of the deceased animals slain by predators, diseases or just existing in Mother Nature's brutal mindscape. Animal scientists and experts all agree that a collection of these birds or any vulture in one place is called "A Commitee."

Much like the Bearded Vulture, we as people may have been forced to stomach lack. Maybe poverty stained your self-worth from a young age. Maybe a relationship never manifested and materialized the way you hoped, and now you are forced to learn from it. Maybe race, your gender, your sexual orientation, your religion has forced you to be expecting of the scraps of humanity and surprised to receive anything more.

If this is you, and can speak to one or all these experiences, welcome to the community. Whether you stay for a while or soar to different skies, I hope you can feel seen and feel heard.