As a large SUV rounded the corner ahead of me I watched as two rabbits entered the highway and only one made it to the other side. The second rabbit, ran across and as it made its way toward the other side, it second guessed, turned back and in that second guess was hit. Still a distance in front of me, I walked toward it. Cars continued to buzz by swerving to miss the road kill (probably in an effort to avoid getting blood on their paint job rather than for any benefit of the creature). As I approached the I noticed the creature was still alive. It lifted its head repeatedly attempting to get up. It was clearly in shock. I stopped on the side of the road as cars continued to buzz over the top of it. When the road cleared, I walked out, picked it up, moved it to the side, and sat down on the side of the road beside it. It watched me intently. Its heart was pounding. It’s left eye was bleeding. Other than lifting its head the rabbit couldn’t move. I began to talk to it, pet its back and ears. I encouraged it to live.
I’m no tree hugger. I am not a Buddhist. I’m no vegetarian. I’m no member of PETA. My perspective on life is simple. We ARE all one. We ARE connected energetically to all things. We MUST as a species reconnect with the divine music of nature. I connected with this creature not just for the creature but for me. My encouragement and compassion for the rabbit, I am certain, transcended the connection between us. It projected out on a grand scale and out to every particle of this reality like a holographic image.
I proceeded to conduct healing energy techniques I have learned on the rabbit and sat with it for almost an hour. Cars still buzzing by no more than about 3 feet in front of the two of us. But, I felt, if the rabbit was there for a reason, so was I.
As time went on, the rabbit more regularly lifted its head. I eventually adjusted its position to promote it to get up and move around. Then, as I stood up so did it and it began to hop around. Likely being dazed, the rabbit began to hop back into the highway so I moved it far off the road into the tall grass. Within about 15 minutes, the rabbit was hopping around. I shared with it that it could live – that I wanted it to live, but that I wouldn’t take it home with me to care more for it. I wanted it to be wild and return to its partner.
I learned such a profound lesson from this experience. It may sound cliche, but when the world beats you down and you are laying on the pavement with blood pouring out of your body, you must, MUST lift your head off the highway and survive. If someone is there to help you, let them. They love you enough to care and that love is what will heal your wounds. Life WILL be OK. You WILL survive and not just survive but live happy again. I believe that I will. Actually, I know I will. It is hard to see it that way through all of the B.S.
As I walked away down the highway I was so grateful for the experience I had just had. I walked with my head high. I couldn’t help but wonder if those passengers in the cars coming at me, buzzing by at 50 miles per hour, could read my shirt I was wearing. Carpe Diem. Seize the Day. That I will do today. Today, this day of the solar eclipse, is a new day. A warm aspect is here for sharing love and I am surrounded by it and have so much to share. Live life happy.
I write this as I sit here sipping hot tea. The tea tag reads a meaningful quote of the day. ‘When you know that all is light, you are enlightened.’ Everything IS light. Everything is energy and interconnected. That rabbit is a part of my experience in this world and I am grateful it was there for me to connect with it.”
- Scott
