AN ANGEL AND TWO OWLS

When my life turns upside down and the stars no longer align… I know this may sound crazy but…I search the world for signs. I look to people, to nature, to animals…to the sky, the sea, the land… to help me cope with a confusing world I no longer understand. At Christmas time Dunedin businesses decorate our lamp posts with garland, ornaments and lights… They’re meant to bring peace and joy into our days… and brighten up our nights. On Main Street…in front of a church… where many have left a hope, a dream, a prayer… stands a lamp post decorated with an angel… who looks like she’s hovering in the air.. I stopped in front of this angel… well before the break of day… and two owls who’d been perched upon the post… quickly flew away. And I thought to myself…an angel and two owls… were these two symbols sent to help me cope? to remind me I would be wise…not to abandon hope.? Yes, it may sound crazy…but I took them as a sign… and immediately I felt better…and my stars began to realign… Who would have thought on a day I was felling low… a day my heart and spirit needed feedin’ I’d find my strength and hope and courage… from an angel and two owls on a lamp post in Dunedin.