turtle light |
Roxie,
our 11 year old Golden Retriever, found a rock in our grassy backyard
yesterday. She had it in her mouth
but I couldn’t understand why she had picked up a rock! Upon closer inspection, it turned out
to be an Eastern Box turtle. This is the first turtle that we
have actually found on our property in over thirty years; it was
very exciting. This beautiful turtle was about 4-5 inches
long and had both beautiful yellow colored patterns and brown geometric “etchings”
on its shell. The Box turtle has
the unusual ability to lock up tight when it is in protection mode. I think
that is why it looked like a rock to Roxie.
The
turtle symbolizes very powerful healing energy. According to David
Carson’s and Jamie Sam’s in their card and book set titled Medicine
Cards, when a turtle enters your life, it is a time to remember to ground
yourself and not "push the river". Or another way of saying it is "all things in their
time". I must confess I have
been trying to make changes too quickly in my healing practice and now I
think the turtle is nudging me to settle down. Yesterday
afternoon, my husband, Nat, did a series of photographs with our turtle
and we settled down to watch her stick her head out of the shell and
scurry away into the tall grasses.
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