Clarity

Last night we had a treat of seeing a young bear near the house.  I love bears and enjoy catching a glimpse, which generally happens at least once a year.  Sometimes off rt. 12 heading from Elmore to Montpelier, sometimes in Ed’s upper pasture.

We had heard last year that there was a bear that had been sited below the sheep pasture, down by the beaver pond.  I wonder if this is the same one, or perhaps her cub.

This bear seemed pretty small.  We were able to watch her for about a half and hour, spooked twice, running off then coming back to her place.  And when she spooked, she was fast and nimble.  Bub got her to stand up and look to snap this picture.

Bears have been a totem I have appreciated and watching one last night brought special meaning.  I have been struggling in a few areas, work has been in an upheaval lately and a bit frustrating.   Home and heart has had a few bumps as well. The sighting of the bear was an affirmation of the strength of my inner knowledge.

“The power of the Bear totem is the power of introspection.
The answers to all our questions lie within us.
Each of us has the capacity to quiet the mind, enter the silence and know.”

Bub and I also had a golden eagle sighting at our home two Sundays back.  Two very powerful totem messengers, both seen by both me and Bub together.  I spotted them each first and called Bub out of his world to come watch with me.   Each sighting lasted much longer then a quick glimpse.   It was my first sighting of a golden eagle.  I have seen bald eagles in Maine and once over by the New Hampshire border, but never a golden eagle and never one that flew so closely over the house for such an extended time.    The eagle is a connection to a higher spiritual understanding.

About two or three weeks before that I saw a moose on the pasture above our house.  I scurried home and got Bub and we went back up to watch her for a while.  This was the second long moose sighting I had this year.

All three animals are seen as powerful as totems.  All are symbols of insight, intuition and balance.  Feminine power with the moose and the bear.  I have been examining my heart and my path at work lately.   I have also been in a process of finding and reconnecting with my father’s family.

I have made the decision to take my birth name back, Alexandra Jump.  I am to Ohio in August, where I was born and my name will change.  I have the papers and will file them today and get the date when I have to stand before a judge.

Issues at work are settled and issues of the heart have been looked at and settled as well.   I don’t understand the timing of all of this, but I am appreciative of all gifts I have been given.