Pulling into the parking lot at work I noticed a small furry animal scratching itself. It didn't look like a dog and it was too big to be a cat. It was in fact a fox. It was so unexpected and surreal to see this animal in the middle of a metro location. And yet, there it was. I drove closer to it and snapped its picture. It didn't even acknowledge my presence.
When I mentioned what I had seen to one of my students she said that it approached them as they were heading to their car. They hustled to the car and told about how afraid they felt, not knowing what the animal was.
The fox is just one reminder that the world is not quite as tame as we want to believe it to be. Sometimes there are wild animals; sometimes there are rogue genes, viruses and cancer cells. At other times there are wild winds and torrential downpour, violence in other parts of the world or the city, the quiet endurance of a person in an abusive relationship.
The message from the fox was to be able to acknowledge the understanding that there are forces around us that are much larger than we are aware of, that "wild" can occur in the most unexpected places.
2 comments:
Fox is a Native American totem representing camouflage... the ability remain undetected and move like the breeze all the while surveying one's surroundings. Fox tells us to step back and watch for while... to observe instead of rushing to action.
We have a group of foxes that live on our companies property. 2 parents and three babies. I love when I get to see them in the early morning and am reminded that corporate isn't all there is.
Post a Comment