"Old Saying Tells to Quit While We're Ahead" by Susan Pearl

"A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush".


Sometimes it is just best to be glad for what we have and know it is a certainty.  Having one certainty that is in our hand is better than two uncertainties that we don't have for sure.  I have heard this old saying used to express that the person wants to pass on an option of pursuing uncertainty and to stop ---and to keep what they have. "Not going on" is the decision.  The person is very satisfied and glad for what they do have because they know "a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush".  They do not desire to work or put efforts into trying for an uncertainty when they are happy with what they have.