Animal Offerings
Messages come in many ways - if we have the ears to listen, the eyes to see, and the heart to feel... I receive several of them on a walk this week, and it has taken me days to reflect on them and explore their meaning for me... The day is beautiful - cool, crisp, and lit up by a brilliant blue, and cloudless sky. I am anxious to get going and commence my daily litany of prayers, meditations, and dialogue with the Other Side... Almost immediately, I am stopped by a beautiful doe several feet in front of me. I glanced to look at my feet momentarily - and when I looked back up - there she was, seemingly having materialized out of thin air. I look at her - and she peers at me very intently. I begin to speak to her - heart to heart and soul to soul. She listens, and almost seems to nod, and then takes a few steps toward me. I do not move, afraid of scaring her away, so we continue our dance of beholding one another and communicating silently. She moves off to the side, grac...