Medicine & Messages

This gorgeous hawk is often perched on a light pole along the main roadway to the Whimsy house. Every ingress and egress I look for him. One such trip down the road with my son, I pointed hawk out. Now, I realize pointing out such a wonder isn’t necessary for my children, as they each are as sensitive, attentive, and receptive as I am, if not more so. This time, my son asked me, “What message does hawk have for you?”

I loved this so much. Typically it’s me who prompts the curiosities, teases out the richer wonder. Of course he and I dialoged about hawk and hawk’s message and meaning for each of us. I cherish these conversations.
On a solitary drive earlier this week I delightfully saw hawk again, perched up on a light pole. Slowing down, doing what I do, I sent hawk an energetic acknowledgment, a whispered offering of respect. After passing, though, I felt a strong impulse to turn around, to spend more time with hawk. 

Now, this is a busy 4 lane road with an open median between the two directions and no shoulder parking. It might not have been the wisest thing, but I parked in the median just behind hawk. I’m certain cars were whizzing past, this way and that, but for hawk and me, it didn’t seem to matter.

He cocked his head and looked down at me, briefly, but it took my breath. I thought of my son’s question and asked hawk, “What are you wanting to tell me? What message do you have for me today, beautiful one?”
Upon my asking, hawk’s medicine began to flow. While what came to me was an accumulation of the many many months of noticing his presence, the strong messages were :: be a sentinel, be intentional, and remain focused.

In a world filled with distractions, distortions, and falsehoods, hawk called me to be vigilant in all arenas of my life. He reinforced the importance of living intentionally, checking often, and when needed, realigning my focus accordingly. Hawk invited me to see from a higher perspective, to take the higher ground, and to exercise patience.
Hawk also reminded me to claim what is mine and to hold my place. Hawk, along with many other animalkind, was here long before the acres of subdivisions, ribbons of asphalt, finely groomed golf courses, pickle ball courts, or the hundreds of humankind rushing about. Most of those people not only seem ignorant and intolerant to the natural world but believe they are better than, and thus attempt dominance of, the natural world. He, Hawk, dominates nothing but embodies himself. He silently holds his ground. He knows his place in the world, even as the world attempts to destroy his place.

Of course there was more that day, more insights, more awe, more awareness, more medicine for me. However, one incredible offering from Hawk was that we, he and I, are connected, rooted together in some beautiful, yet most natural way. 
When I returned home, I further researched Hawk medicine. After all the years of this work, I’m still so gobsmacked (thankfully so) by the deep potency of timing and message.
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• How is your attunement to the natural world?
• Are you ready for refinement?
• When was the last time you heard the whispering of animalkind ~ winged, four legged, finned, crawler ~ and heeded the call?
• What messages and medicine did you receive?

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