(Story shared by one of our readers and CoCreavataric dream weavers)
Hello Gma Kariinaa,
Thank you for that session yesterday.
It was such an intense day. I felt anger that nothing is helping me feel better and I feel like I have healed everything there is to heal but this old pattern is dragging me into mud.
But a strong desire is being born in me.. to choose to be the one. The one as you said. I can choose every moment but in times like today, your and all my relation supportive hand is so helpful to remember..
I went to a great Yin Full Moon class last night. After we spoke I met a friend of mine who used to work for the same company. Now she works with First Nations in Truth and Reconciliation and helps to bridge knowledge of history of this land within this community. Was wonderful to know where the path has taken her. Then I was meeting a farmer on a Permaculture land that he is cultivating, teaching kids to connect with land and how to grow food and cultivate a healthy ecosystem. I connected with a loving, joyful, playful and so open red cat with golden eyes and a few chickens.
My heart was filled with love. It is indeed my mind that locks me into focusing on how I’m unseen.. when where it really matters, as you said, in my tribe, I am not only seen. I am it. I am part of it. And then.. I came across this story today…
“An Old Legend says:
According to an old Native American legend, one day there was a big fire in the forest.
All the animals fled in terror in all directions, because it was a very violent fire. Suddenly, the jaguar saw a hummingbird pass over his head, but in the opposite direction.
The hummingbird flew towards the fire!
Whatever happened, he wouldn’t stop. Moments later, the jaguar saw him pass again, this time in the same direction as the jaguar was walking. He could observe this coming and going, until he decided to ask the bird about it, because it seemed very bizarre behavior.
“What are you doing, hummingbird?” he asked. “I am going to the lake,” he answered, “I drink water with my beak and throw it on the fire to extinguish it.” The jaguar laughed. ‘Are you crazy? Do you really think that you can put out that big fire on your own with your very small beak?’ ‘No,’ said the hummingbird, ‘I know I can’t. But the forest is my home. It feeds me, it shelters me and my family. I am very grateful for that. And I help the forest grow by pollinating its flowers. I am part of her and the forest is part of me. I know I can’t put out the fire, but I must do my part.’
At that moment, the forest spirits, who listened to the hummingbird, were moved by the birdie and its devotion to the forest. And miraculously they sent a torrential downpour, which put an end to the great fire.
Native American Grandmothers occasionally tell this story to their grandchildren and conclude with…
“Do you want to attract miracles into your life? Do your part.”
Art: Christopher Noel