Symbolism

The Lost Children

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The children of the broken home – the motherless or fatherless home, the loveless home. The children born and raised without the containment of home, of family, of culture.

The uprooted children. The children of no-where, of no-land. The wandering in the desert, cradle in a basket up the river children.

The children never initiated, never trained into maturity. The grown-up children. The “adulting is hard” children. The “parenting our parents” children. The “where do we belong?” children. The “is it safe to open up and grow here?” children. The children who will do anything for love. The children with no healthy relationship to authority.

The hurting, wanting, needing children, who can twist, and take, and take. The forever hungry children. The backed into a corner children.

The children who do not know how to conduct themselves in a circle, in a culture, in a family, in love.

The children who do not know their connection, their place, their belonging with all that is.

The children digging in, reaching out to reconnect with age old chains that were broken.

The children gathering loose ends and weaving them together.

Twisting bark, warm beer and conversations in the park.

Home.

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So, I had this dream in February, 2018, and just found it again, now. It goes like this:

I wandered into some kind of gathering place, lots of people were already assembled. I was looking around for people I knew and noticed that there were people sitting on the branches of trees all around the people gathered on the ground. I spotted a few familiar people in different places, and I wondered where I should go.

There was a book of different themes, there were so many, I was looking through and really having a hard time deciding. I don’t really remember most of them, but I came to a page that said “Home” and I knew that was it. That was my focus. I was really sure of it.

But for some reason, before I had a chance to find the group related to that, everyone got into a formation and started walking away, like everyone was in their place in a line. I was walking alongside, feeling like I should move with them, anyway. And there was a man there who I felt was overseeing, I felt a bit apprehensive that he might notice that I was standing out. But he took my hand and walked along with me, speaking some kind of poetry to me. And it was good, I guess I was welcome wherever.

Card of the Day – Bear

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Today, I pulled the Bear Card, signifying strength.

Sometimes bears are portrayed as quite fearsome. I know I would not want to find myself in a fight with one. But I think of their strength as more complex than just muscle mass.

The biggest common bear imagery I can think of is the mama bear. Fiercely protective of her young. You should never step in between the two! But that strength comes from a place of love, and protection.

As hibernating animals, bears can also signify periods of withdrawing to conserve ones energy. We are sometimes warned not to wake the bear, and in that statement we relate our own way of lashing out when our rest is interrupted.

Bear can guide you to protect your own home, your own sanctuary or that of your family. It is okay to take space for yourself, and it is okay to be grumpy sometimes. Just be mindful as to whether the threats to your safety or security are real or imagined. You can take urges for self-defence in mundane situations as clues that something else is going on, beneath your own surface.  Then perhaps a time of introspection is needed, or a filling up of your own reserves.

As we are closer to spring time here, I’d like to add that some of us may be feeling like we are waking up from our own hibernation. We are stirring and wanting to move, and feel the Sun on our faces. We are hungry for the warmth! But it is still just a little out of reach, and that may be making us all a little ornery. Be mindful of your place in the seasons!