Had this dream last week and it has shaken me a LOT.

I am in a room. There is someone with me, but I'm not sure who. Whoever it is, it is a familiar presence. The room is a light colour - yellow maybe, or cream. In the room, near the ceiling is a simple wooden shelf. It is the same colour as the room and I wouldn't have known it for a shelf if it weren't for the small shadow cast underneath it and the bird sitting on it. I think the bird is a highly important part of the dream (the day right after I dreamt it, one of the schools was teaching students about owls ... it rocked me so hard it felt as though I had been hit). I believe it to be male. At first I couldn't identify him as anything other than an Owl. He was brown mottled, had tufts of feathers on his head and was very large. (I have since done some research about owls to try to identify him and I now believe him to be a Great Horned Owl.) He looked at me - as though right through me. Then he spread his wings. I don't know if he was flying to me or at me, but it was in the direction of my face/head/shoulders.

That's it. Thing is that it is one of those dreams that leaves you with super duper feelings that you can't shake. The ones you shouldn't ignore. It's very similar to the feelings I had when I experienced a vision during meditation. (Was doing a guided meditation and right after one specific part of the meditation when your mind is falling into a well, my mind didn't come back out till much later).

Anyway, like I said - all I could do is look up the Owl and try to guess. I'm not very good with dream interpretations. The only other thing I could think of was that it may have something to do with my search for my Patron Gods/Goddesses or Animal Totem. I haven't been working on this since May or June though, so although that thought crossed my mind I don't think that's it. Any ideas?

For all you animal lovers out there this entry is for you. As our beloved pets get older, we are faced with many difficult choices. They are a part of the family. Very often, our pets become closer to us than our own human relatives. They know you, understand you, and communicate with you in such a way that your humans could never do.

Many people in my family say often that they wish we were legally allowed to euthanize humans when they get to a certain point - perhaps they have Alzeimers and have forgotten even the simplest thing such as how to eat; perhaps they have cancer (or some other form of terminal disease) and are living every day with pain. In each case, we often say to ourselves that we are kinder to animals than humans because we euthanize animals when they are in too much pain or discomfort to go on.

And yet, that being said ... many people just can't let go. It is because of this bond that we have with our animals that makes it so hard to let them go when it is time. Whether you are a horse lover or not, you should read this blog entry. This is the way we should arrange to have any beloved animal in our lives go. It is unfortunate that we can't allow our humans to go this way too.

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