On my run/walk/meander this afternoon, I saw deer after deer and finally saw 6 deer together in one area. I come across them often on this trail, and aside from their obvious charm and beauty I am compelled to write about deer energy and medicine, from a different perspective than just observing that they're pretty animals.
Many of us dabble with animal medicine and we note that deer medicine is about sweetness and gentleness.
There was much behavior to observe today: Eating and grazing on greens, twitching ears and tails, walking and lying down, stopping and staring, nibbling and resting, etc. Deer must be one of the most peaceful animals if you stop to watch them. The only animal I could think of that would be as harmless is a mouse. But isn't it amazing to see a larger animal that is so peaceful? And then I think of dolphins too. The deer is serene, they give nothing but peaceful and calm energy, perhaps even timid when threatened, but mostly, they are just gentle creatures who do little but graze on greens and walk through the forest. What an example to follow?
The deer doesn't think or have too many concerns. Perhaps their habitat is lessening, and yet they may not of course "think" about this and the dangers of being so close to the freeway. The deer look unaffected and they are. They are unaffected by what is going on around them, they are able to walk, graze and rest with no disruption.
What if we all could do that? What if we could all co-exist with this much disarmingly peaceful behavior of quiet meandering and grazing? What if we stopped to stare at each other, without thinking, but just acknowledging the other's presence? What if we weren't too busy to move so slowly throughout the day? Simple, effortless, being, and nothing more. It's funny how much we can learn from animals, if we could take the time to walk outside more frequently.
Anyway, I wish us all a deer-like easy day of peace.
With love,
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