Today Sacred Spirit is making us aware that not all of us are suited to do all things. We are each different and each different for a reason. For a purpose. We each have things to contribute while we are walking around on this planet, and they are not the same things as our neighbor.
This card shows a swan, who is very strong, very protective and normally an able defender of what is important to her, tangled up in a thorny bush. There are the remains of those who have come before her and tried to use brute force to free themselves but that didn’t work and so they perished right there. In the same spot that she is in.
But look, she has some help. The hummingbird, who can fly in and out of this thorny bush all day long because of his size and agility, is coaxing the swan to calm down. To quit flapping and carrying on. To quit throwing a fit. To quit panicking. As the swan calms down the hummingbird can move the vines away from her, so that one by one, her obstacles are removed, and soon she will be able to fly free again.
The hummingbird is suited for this job. He certainly won’t perish from his efforts. The swan would have no hope without the hummingbird. It is being pointed out to us today that we are not so different from the swan and the hummingbird in this card. We are each proficient at some things, but not at others. I, for instance, can give an accurate reading any day of the week, but if someone were to hire me to frame a house, they would be greatly disappointed with my performance. It’s important to help each other where we can.
It’s just as important, and for some of us, even harder to do than helping someone else, to let someone else help us sometimes too. We each have our strong points and they aren’t the same. It encourages us to interact with others and to live life more fully through those interactions. It’s ok to be the strong swan, the one normally being the protector who is caught in the thorny bushes and in need of help. It’s ok to be the tiny little hummingbird who finds herself in the unlikely position of being able to help someone bigger and more powerful than herself.
There is a reason each of us is exactly the way we are.
Peace,
Amista
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