by Judith Kusel
http://www.judithkusel.com
The Sun Bird
I was in the middle of transmitting my last Soul Reading for today, when I heard something bashing into the glass railing of my balcony. The room I am working in, has a lovely view over the mountains and bay, and I have a lot of geraniums, and now pansies in full bloom on my balcony. And now lying on the floor next to the pansies was a little sunbird who had visited them and then crashed into the glass.
My heart went out for this beautiful little bird, and I quickly went to see if it was all right and there it was lying in the hand palm. I immediately started stroking it and feeling its heart pumping, but the little head was still spinning and kept falling to one side.
I just started to call in the Archangel in charge of birds, whose name I can never remember, and then put my other hand over it, willing it to live and come back to life, blessing it, and praying over it. My heart was so deeply touched by its beauty, its tiny frame, and a long-bent beak. And I thought to myself, how often have I felt like this little bird – helpless and lights out.
It started moving its little legs and then I took it outside and gently, as its head now started to peak up, lowered it onto an Azalea in a pot, and next to the bird feeder in the garden and onto one of the Azalea blossoms. It perked up and managed to now perch on a little twig under the blossom and I then went inside, and hoped that it would be all right there, all the while talking to it.
After I had done the reading I hurried back and heard it singing in the shrub next to the bird feeder and indeed there it was saying “Thank you!” And then it flew away.
I am still deeply touched by how often we have been like this little sunbird. Happily getting on with life itself, and the wham! There we were on our backs, and not sure what happened and how we got there, when we regained our senses. Yet Higher Hands came to pick us up, carry us into safety, and gently hold us, until we are more compos mentos, and then help us back onto our feet again.
Let us remember this, that indeed through all these changes and transfiguration, we are being carried and guided through it all. And indeed, we are never helpless, for there are always helping hands that seeming to appear from nowhere, to help us back on our feet again and more than this, to check if we are ok. And like that little sunbird, giving thanks, let us remember to be grateful for those helping hands, visible and invisible (mostly invisible).
It reminds me of when I was down and out, and feeling extremely sorry for myself, when my whole life caved in and I lost everything I ever had. A friend came to visit and said to me: “You can lie there on the ground feeling sorry for yourself, for the rest of your life, or you can get up, dust yourself down, and get on with the business of life!” To say, I was miffed is an understatement! I did get myself up, and got on with the business of life, and indeed, experienced so many miracles along the way, (read my books), that today I am so grateful for all which happened, exactly as it did and when!
Now, no matter what is happening to me, I know for sure, and have faith, that I am being carried and am always being looked after, and that love is indeed, omnipresent.
Birds are Messengers like angels, and I looked it up and indeed it is a messenger of Joy, Happiness, new beginnings, hope, and healing. They are believed to be messengers between the earth and the Divine, representing transformation and rebirth.
Yes, we so often need to dig deep, in order to finally heal. And more than this, befriend those shadows for indeed they serve as much as the light. The more we do this, the freer and lighter we become, and that in truth it was transformation and rebirth are all about!
Thank you, little sunbird, for being my messenger today!
Judith