After the hurricane and now torrential rains (over three inches and counting) a hummingbird comes just before twilight and sips the nectar from the ruby and blue sage growing outside my window. The bird is just unfazed by the wind, rain, power outages and a rather stressful winding down of summer days. In fact, it seems quite oblivious to the fact that it has a thousand mile commute ahead, flutters about for a few months and then turns around to do it all over again. Since this little bird has been a regular visitor over the past month or so I decided to look up its symbolism/medicine. According to Ted Andrews in his book 'Animal Speak' hummingbirds are "very playful even when bathing. They are hard workers and fiercely independent" Hmmmm. sounds like someone I intimately know...
"The ruby-throated humminngbird is a wonder of migration...and is a symbol for accomplishing that which seems impossible. It will teach you how to find the miracle of joyful living from your own life circumstances".
That's the secret - joy in the mundane. Playful work. Presence.
I can do that! I just need to be reminded now and again by a playmate who comes after the rain to sip the nectar offered by the colorful sage plants who too have their own story to tell.
blurry rain
the hummingbird and the sage
still savor the light
