With tuppence for paper and strings...

This pic is of the butterfly kite I just ordered and I'm absolutely giddy over going to fly it somewhere soon. Mostly because of all the promise flying a kite brings. Mr. Banks, Bert and the Londoners put it aptly:

With tuppence for paper and strings
You can have your own set of wings
With your feet on the ground
You're a bird in a flight
With your fist holding tight
To the string of your kite

Oh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!

When you send it flyin' up there
All at once you're lighter than air
You can dance on the breeze
Over 'ouses and trees
With your first 'olding tight
To the string of your kite

Oh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Let's go fly a kite!

That first verse just does something in your gut. It makes you feel like you can do anything...with your fist holding tight...! I never thought about the therapeutic benefits of kite-flying before, but I'm willing to bet that a lot of today's ills can be solved by it. I mean really, there's just something about running like mad (without watching where you're going no less) hoping, praying, wishing for the wind to catch your kite just so. And then the peace that washes over you when you look back and see your kite dancing in the sky. Because what it's really saying is with perseverance, a little child-like wonderment, and God smiling on you, you can accomplish something fantastic.

But oh, just remember to stay away from kite-eating trees!