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[nimh]

i had the weirdest day today. a bird (a little sparrow) flew into my house, walked around pecking at the carpet for a while and then flew back out. that started everything. hrm, it might have technically started the day before. we were at the hairdresser's getting my kiddo's hairs cut, she was telling my kiddo about her dad's hummingbird feeders and that often the humminbirds would fly into the house and they'd have to catch them and take them back outside. and all during her story, i kept thinking, yeah right, birds dont fly into houses... ha! guess that taught me.


then after that, it seemed like everything that happened needed to be reversed. i bought a set of dishes then had to return them because when i brought them home, half of them were cracked. and a pot of stock that has been simmering on ultra low heat all day just decided to boil over (and the burner was red hot, need to get the wiring checked on the stove i guess). little things keep breaking--the front of a drawer fell off, the toilet keeps running, my vaccum quit working. everything all at once. it's tres bizaare.

and of course, i'm trying to find the metaphysical meaning behind all of this. the universe is trying to tell me something, i'm just too dense to get it. anyone want to help me figure out the riddle?

[Samhain]

once we put thoughts out in the universe they can start to happen, we create the spiral ourselves.
once on waking my first thought was I must get a needle to sow a button on my coat and I stood on one in the kitchen and it went in my heel about an inch, my fingers kept slipping on it, in the end i had to really tug it out!
my boyfriend just looked at me and said 'ohhhh thats horrible'
i'm going to have a nap but I will ponder on your day and if i come up with anything i'll let you know!
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[Wond'ringAloud]

I always think things happen in 3s, at least that's what i was told growing up and somehow that is the way it always does happen, for me anyway.

We've had a nest of starlings under the eaves and a fledgling floated down, could fly but spent a lot of time on the ground with momma keeping a close eye on him. I kept nipping in and out, making sure he was okay, but in a matter of minutes the jackdaws had him. So sad!
My daughter then found a half-starved baby pigeon and although she did her best he was too far gone. I remember thinking, 'there'll be another' and sure enough there was, but he too just faded away. Makes you think about all the life and death happening in the universe, even stars are dying and being born.

[Samhain]

yeah sometimes I think these things just happen to remind us that there is a higher power out there.
great thread Nimh thankyou!
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[rg paddler]

It's one of those days you are supposed to remember - you know how all the days sometimes merge into one? but somedays stick out in your memory and you think what was it about that day? later on - it could be years - something will happen that will relate to the thing that happened and you'll realise what it meant.

Some things I've crossed off my list,like the time I was living in a wood - not through choice - my women had kicked me out and cos i was paranoid about local kids/dogwalkers finding out some guy was living rough in a wood i used to tread very carefully e.g. only return at dusk/set off to work very early - luckily my job then was at 5.00am - but one day i was padding softly through this wood and there were some really tall high trees above me - and my presence made a couple of pidgeons freakout right at the top of the canopy.A baby fell out of the nest and hit the ground infront of me.I bent down and looked at it.it's little head was going round in circles cos it was dazed - then - and it's the only time i've seen it - i saw the life fade out of it's tiny little body.I literally broke down - i was crying my soul out - like nothing seemed right - everything seemed fucked up - i felt like it was my fault - the whole situation n evrything.It was a reminder of how fragile life is - and that every step you tread is almost sacred because even though you may feel insignificant everything you do has an affect on the what happens..

but one thing i've yet to understand was how,one time i had a key for the lock on my bike tied to a piece of string around the belt loop in my jeans - i really needed to get somewhere quick and was stretching this key on a piece of string to undo the lock on my bike.The key came off the string,but the string was still tied around the belt loop.Rather than being amazed - i was just shocked - could not work out how it happened.I should have been on a magic show or something - cos it was quite simply an impossibility but happened.Its a crazy world

[daisymae]

Speaking of birds....I was walking my kids home from school the other day and a bird nearly flew into my head. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and had time to jump out of the way....but I did let out a shriek because it went RIGHT in front of my face :D It must have either been sick or a baby learning to fly because it continued past me and tried to land in a tree but fell in some bushes instead.

That was really weird. Poor thing, but it missed my head by an inch. :D

[warmhandedcanadian]

whoa .... I know birds are supposed to be signs of something.

When I was a teenager I came in the house on a winter day and this HUGE freakin black bird was flying around in the rec room ..... (dad said maybe through the chimminy somehow anyways it wasnt an easy trip in) I was home alone and he was soooo scary. He had wild eyes and made lots of noise knocking everything down ...... all over the bloody house and all ..... I finally shooed it into the bathroom where some dumbass must've took 32 pees in the toilet without flushing .... well that big scary wild eyed bird fell in the toilet with all the pee. Disgusting. I grabbed a bag and scooped up the bird then threw it out the front door.... well fuck I live in Canada it must've been at least -30 below. I was so scared at the time I guess I just panicked but that bird probably froze outside in that pee. That is a time I wont ever forget and I still think about that bird even though it was maybe 16 years ago that it happened. I was mean to throw it all pee-fully outside like that.