Pyrrhuloxia at the Window

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“She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing ‘yes’ in the sky.” ~ Monique Duval

One morning about two weeks ago, a male Pyrrhuloxia (in the Cardinal family) kept flying up to the dining room and kitchen windows trying to get my attention. It was as if he was saying to me, “Hey, where is the birdseed you used to put out every day?” Soon his mate had joined him flying up to the windows, chirping.

The reason I stopped filling the bird feeder and spreading it on the ground last Fall was because of my arthritis. It makes going up and down stairs difficult. Not to mention walking on the uneven ground in the back yard. But I have been taking medicine, the pain has subsided, and I am walking better. So I decided to make feeding the birds a priority again. Moving is beneficial. We had some seed left, so I went out and fed the birds. The next time the Pyrrhuloxia couple came to the window, it was as if they were saying, “Thank You”.This bird visitation was shortly after my 70th birthday and the beginning of another round of freeing myself from old wounds and outdated belief systems. 

Some people have the idea that when we get wounded, we do the work of healing once, and that’s it. We can move on to the next challenge. But that’s not how it really works. Some spiritual teacher described healing as a spiral. It happens in stages. We do some work on the issue, then it comes back around and we let go of more pain. Eventually it comes back many times until we have finished with that particular traumatic situation.

This morning as I was writing in my journal, I realized that I needed to do more healing work around one painful relationship. I thought I had finished the work, but it became obvious that there is still more work to do. And when I finish, I’ll be free to dance into the wind, create a new language for myself and the birds will flutter around in our backyard writing “yes” in the sky. 

This will most likely be just one thing from my past that I need to finish working on. That’s okay. I feel good about doing more clearing, because it seems like the energy has shifted and things that stood in my way before are now presenting themselves to a final goodbye tour. And then a new set of life episodes that I may not even remember at the moment will arise so I can begin a new process of healing and clearing.

That’s life. That’s why we’re here, to have experiences, to analyze them and grow in the process. Since I’m committed to being a lifelong learner, I’m good with that.

I hope you are enjoying whatever season in which you live. We’re in the midst of late spring. The Yuccas are blooming. The Quail families are coming outings with their little ones. Soon it will be very hot, though we’ve had an unusually cool and wet spring. So we’ll see what happens. 

Take care of yourselves.

Blessings,

Lucinda Sage-Midgorden © 2023

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