Just a thought

Lately I feel that I am loved by so many people. It is a good thing. I am not complaining.  I can be myself most of the time, which is very sweet. Karen's daughter told me that my spirit animal was salmon. I was flattered because it symbolizes inner wisdom and knowledge. She said that I am the person who knows what one needs in one's life. More than this description of my spirit animal, what intrigued me in this talk was that everyone is as diverse as animals. While I tried so hard to understand and control other people in both good ways and bad ways, people are after all, super different and interesting, holding so much knowledge and skills individually, and together. What I mean by saying this is that each animal can show off their skills and abilities, but in the end, they cannot live by itself. It needs so much more, other animals, air, water, and surrounding. Maybe it is common sense to many people, but it put me at ease. It gave me more space and motivation to leave people alone and try to understand from the distance, not by intruding. After this realization, making connections with people came to make more sense. As I am salmon, Michael might be a bear and my mom might be a deer. Yuri might be a little monkey and Nao might be an elephant. Who knows? But all I want to say is that people are different. And it is a good thing. It is very interesting and we need each other to balance. 

(writing from Feb, 3rd, 2013)