Living Close to Nature & Free to Write
ByThis morning I spotted a raccoon on my back fence and what happened after that inspired me to write.
When I spotted Mr. Raccoon, I moved close to him, to see if he was okay, not knowing if he was possibly stuck on the fence. I was startled a little as I didn’t have on my glass and as he moved his head I was fixated on his eye. His eye could have been the eye of a loving dog I thought. I felt a closeness to a raccoon!
He seemed a little startled too as I could tell he was having trouble maneuvering on the narrow fence. Being concerned that he might get stuck, I decided to move away from him so as not to scare him.
As I headed back into the house, I stopped and gazed at him again with my hand on my heart. I heard some birds singing and asked them to help the racoon.
Right at that moment a bird flew into the tree under which I stood. And right after that a red bird (not sure what kind) flew very close to the sour orange tree next which the raccoon was perched on the fence.
He was looked at me and I could only see the one eye–it looked like the eye of a human. So compassionate and so full of wisdom. I was deeply moved and felt we had communicated somehow.
Then another bird flew over to the bushes and I could hear birds singing in the distance, and I imaged that the birds were assisting the raccoon in some way.
As I stood there, I felt happy and realized that I would love to live closer to the “wild”, that I would love to dedicate my life to helping the suffering animals and humans. That I would like to live close to Nature and be free to write.
