As I stand on my balcony on Deck 5, I know I am less than halfway up the ship's deck levels, nonetheless, I am looking down on a host of seagulls feeding on whatever has been churned up by the side thrusters pivoting this vessel 90 degrees in her own length.
Looking down on birds gives me pause. I have never experienced bird flight from above them. Wow! I don't care that gulls are scavengers and are not noble birds. As they feather their wings to catch the updrafts enhanced by ship movement, they are objects of grace and delicacy. 
And, just when I am becoming accustomed to looking down at them. I am again jolted as one soars inches away, looking at me as I watch his brethren. (Good thing I had a tight grip on my camera!) 
As I watch these birds, I can't help but wonder what else I may have missed by living my life at eye-level.
Today's lesson: some times you have to look down to look inward.
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