Dragonflies and Possibilities

I've been asked "Why a dragonfly?" Well, why not?? But I shall explain. One day last year, on a walk around a park lake, two dragonflies flew along with me, around me and in front of me for half the circle of the lake. It was a pivotal moment: there I was, lost in my thoughts, when it occurred to me that so many things I wasn't doing, I was very capable of doing!

Was it just plain old timing that it happened? a coincidence? I looked it up when I got home, and became fascinated with Andrews' writing about animals and what they can teach us. We are connected to Earth, and it to us, and animals are a part of it. "They show us the true majesty of life itself. They restore our forgotten childlike wonder at the world, and they reawaken our lost belief in magic, dreams and possibilities." Possibilities. That's what struck me after having my thoughts on my walk, then reading Andrews' book. How many times have we held ourselves back because we don't believe in all the possibilities? Yes, sometimes we have to work hard to achieve them, but we won't ever know if we don't try.

Maybe I'm just a little naive, or simplistic, at times, but it seems to me we all need things to believe in; but more important, we need things that believe in us. There's more to this Earth than the things we consider. It is all interconnected in ways we've only just begun to understand. Are the animals that cross our paths in different times of our lives a connection we've been missing?

Dragonflies represent new light and joy. They remind us that we are light and can reflect the light in powerful ways. "Let there be light" is the divine prompting to use the creative imagination as a force within your life. Life is never quite the way it appears, but it is always filled with light and color. It brings the brightness of transformation and the wonder of colorful new vision. (excerpt from Ted Andrews' "Animal Speak")

So.. why not a dragonfly???

Joyful HUGS to everyone!