DontBSkerred
The Force is Strong With This One
I wasn't entirely sure where to put this, but this is on my mind and wanted to get input from others. First a bit of backstory. I recently lost the job I've been working years to get. This was supposed to be my career. This marks the third time I've worked hard to get my life going in the direction I needed only to let it slip from my grasp. There were factors out of my control, but each time I allowed myself to be put into the situation I would find myself in. I'm sure I don't need to explain how trying a period this has been.
Just a few weeks ago, I was talking with my friend who is like me when it comes to keeping a foot in this world of New Age thinking or whatever it should properly be called. He wanted my input on something he's been noticing in his world. It seems that images of rabbits had been everywhere for him. If that was symbolism, what could it possibly mean? All we could seem to muster up was birth and rebirth (Easter came to mind). My only other suggestion was to look up the characteristics of the Chinese Year of the Rabbit and see if there was something applicable. He is currently trying his best to reinvent himself, so it did seem applicable.
Well, I don't know what he did, but it transferred to me. All of a sudden, I'm seeing images and references to rabbits at every turn. After a couple days of this, I had a diff friend over. When he was leaving, after a min he popped back in the door and told me to come outside. Underneath my girlfriend's tire, crouching into it as far as he can go was a lil baby rabbit. He must have been so scared because we were pretty close to him and he wouldn't move. I wanted to do something, but I didn't know what. I went inside to grab some celery, but as I approached him with it, he took off. I really kinda wanted to maybe take him in. Lot of animals where I live, and we have hawks that nest in the trees across the way from us. It's hard to imagine a baby bunny making it on his own.
The next day, as I'm grilling in my backyard, I notice a large rabbit. Momma bunny, I was guessing. She hung around for a minute, but then she took off when I got a lil closer. That's when I noticed three dead baby bunnies in the yard. Two of em were close to each other, bout a foot away. The other was about 10 feet from them. There was no blood or maiming to them, they just died. The only likelihood is that they were somehow poisoned or ingested something that was otherwise toxic. I just found it weird that she was there with them. The only animals I know of that mourn their dead are elephants, so I wasn't sure that was a possibility. She also could have been looking for her other surviving baby, if he was alive. Over the next couple days, I would see her in the yard and by the porch. I had really wished I had taken in that baby bunny, I could have reunited them.
Moving along, after going through my period of pretty much misery, I had a particularly rough night. Couldn't sleep. Wound up being awake for 36 straight hours and wasn't showing any signs of being tired. And then after talking through things with my girlfriend, it was clear to me what I should do. I have a passion for a certain field that I would be very excellent in doing. It's something that occupies most of my free time, and I'm constantly researching it for my own personal interests. No schooling required, but I would need a job history that would reflect the field, which I've had zero with. But it hit me that I need to pursue jobs that would get me the much sought after interview I wouldn't otherwise grab. So I immediately got started on that. Within a few days, I found two jobs that would very much put me where I need to be, one of which directly doing what I'm looking to do, albeit for a much smaller company and only part time. A day later I had an interview, filled out all required paperwork, and everything was in place. And I can't describe how high my energy and power level was that day; for that 24 hour period, I could do no wrong.
That night, I didn't sleep again (to be honest I don't sleep an awful lot, anyway). After being up all night, I went outside for a smoke in the morning light. I looked over to the yard and I see momma rabbit yet again. Following behind her, was her lost baby.
That was a lot longer than I wanted it to be, but I did want to get everyone's opinions on the matter. And not just my experience, but the subject as a whole, and maybe some shared experiences as well.
Just a few weeks ago, I was talking with my friend who is like me when it comes to keeping a foot in this world of New Age thinking or whatever it should properly be called. He wanted my input on something he's been noticing in his world. It seems that images of rabbits had been everywhere for him. If that was symbolism, what could it possibly mean? All we could seem to muster up was birth and rebirth (Easter came to mind). My only other suggestion was to look up the characteristics of the Chinese Year of the Rabbit and see if there was something applicable. He is currently trying his best to reinvent himself, so it did seem applicable.
Well, I don't know what he did, but it transferred to me. All of a sudden, I'm seeing images and references to rabbits at every turn. After a couple days of this, I had a diff friend over. When he was leaving, after a min he popped back in the door and told me to come outside. Underneath my girlfriend's tire, crouching into it as far as he can go was a lil baby rabbit. He must have been so scared because we were pretty close to him and he wouldn't move. I wanted to do something, but I didn't know what. I went inside to grab some celery, but as I approached him with it, he took off. I really kinda wanted to maybe take him in. Lot of animals where I live, and we have hawks that nest in the trees across the way from us. It's hard to imagine a baby bunny making it on his own.
The next day, as I'm grilling in my backyard, I notice a large rabbit. Momma bunny, I was guessing. She hung around for a minute, but then she took off when I got a lil closer. That's when I noticed three dead baby bunnies in the yard. Two of em were close to each other, bout a foot away. The other was about 10 feet from them. There was no blood or maiming to them, they just died. The only likelihood is that they were somehow poisoned or ingested something that was otherwise toxic. I just found it weird that she was there with them. The only animals I know of that mourn their dead are elephants, so I wasn't sure that was a possibility. She also could have been looking for her other surviving baby, if he was alive. Over the next couple days, I would see her in the yard and by the porch. I had really wished I had taken in that baby bunny, I could have reunited them.
Moving along, after going through my period of pretty much misery, I had a particularly rough night. Couldn't sleep. Wound up being awake for 36 straight hours and wasn't showing any signs of being tired. And then after talking through things with my girlfriend, it was clear to me what I should do. I have a passion for a certain field that I would be very excellent in doing. It's something that occupies most of my free time, and I'm constantly researching it for my own personal interests. No schooling required, but I would need a job history that would reflect the field, which I've had zero with. But it hit me that I need to pursue jobs that would get me the much sought after interview I wouldn't otherwise grab. So I immediately got started on that. Within a few days, I found two jobs that would very much put me where I need to be, one of which directly doing what I'm looking to do, albeit for a much smaller company and only part time. A day later I had an interview, filled out all required paperwork, and everything was in place. And I can't describe how high my energy and power level was that day; for that 24 hour period, I could do no wrong.
That night, I didn't sleep again (to be honest I don't sleep an awful lot, anyway). After being up all night, I went outside for a smoke in the morning light. I looked over to the yard and I see momma rabbit yet again. Following behind her, was her lost baby.
That was a lot longer than I wanted it to be, but I did want to get everyone's opinions on the matter. And not just my experience, but the subject as a whole, and maybe some shared experiences as well.
