In the Summer I love to walk barefoot in my local park.
It’s a great way to ground and connect with Mother Earth but it doesn’t come without risks.
I always pray “Angel and Spirit guides please guide my feet and prevent me from stepping on anything sharp, dangerous, dirty or disgusting – especially dog poo and broken glass.”
I’ve never had any problems.
But one day I wasn’t very present.
I stepped on something and yelled as pain shot through my right foot.
On closer inspection there was a little stinger in my sole and I realised I’d stepped on a bee.
In that moment I was consumed purely by my pain and had to limp home.
But later I felt grief for the Bee as it had most likely died after I stepped on it.
I realised that my request to my Angels and Spirit guides had been selfish.
I didn’t care about stepping on the wildlife, I was just looking out for myself.
Perhaps this was fate and the Bee was ready to pass on to the next incarnation.
Some things will always remain a mystery.
But I vow to be as considerate as I can be towards the creatures I share this planet with for as long as I walk this earth.
Every time I visit the park I ask Archangel Ariel to bless the trees and offer her protection and healing to all the animals and plant life.
I also ask her to fill the hearts of all those who use the park with the deepest love, compassion and respect for this natural space.
I’d been very judgmental of the people who had been fly tipping and vandalising a place I love.
But I have to remember that all I must do is keep my side of the street clean (sometimes literally!)
And since I’ve been praying to Ariel I’ve noticed a significant decline in littering!
We can educate much more effectively from a place of love and compassion than from a place of judgment and fear.
When we judge others we also judge ourselves – who is holding up a mirror to you today?
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