Clocks

I have three alarm clocks at my home. They each go off at three different times and the same time every day. The first is Maggie, my Australian Shepherd, she jumps off the bed about 5:30 every morning, then comes Addison, my other Australian shepherd who begins to move about the bed around 6:30 am. If that doesn't get me up they send in the big guns, Takla, my Lhasa Apso. And so it was this morning except that I must of hit the snooze button Takla because around 7:30 this morning I can feel these eyes just staring at me. I opened one of my sleep filled eys and there is Takla about 3" from my face staring at me. The message was loud and clear, "You're late and I have to go to the bathroom"! Needless to say once my feet hit the floor they are all looking for the door.

I find it interesting that animals like ourselves have internal clocks they go by. They get into our routines and rhythms and count on that consistency from us. If that routine should be disrupted they will let you know about it. Do you have a furry clock at your house? Maybe it is not an early morning clock, maybe it is a middle of the night clock? What is your internal clock telling you?

Wild animals also have their internal clocks they go by. The Emperor Penguins amaze me! If you haven't seen the movie "March of the Penguins" I would recommend it They spend their entire lives on the Antartic ice. After they mate the female goes off in search of food that is 50 to a hundred miles away. It is the males that stay behind to keep the egg warm and out of the cold until it is ready to hatch. The males huddle together in the fridgid sub-artic tempetures. They are in continous motion as they take turns being on the outside, out of the cold. They circle in perfect unison as if it were a choreographed dance. They spend about 65 days doing this continual movement until the females, now flush with food, return to the breeding grounds. All this time the males have gone without food.

So where is their internal clock? How do the females know it is time to go back to the males? The females go back as one big group. The communication between them is silent and yet they all hear it at the same time. They move as a collective. They relieve the males who pass the new born chick off to the female who now has food for the baby stored up. It is now the males time to leave in search of food. And so the cycle continues as the chicks grow up and start the process all over again.

What is your internal clock telling you? Do you know when it is time to get up and begin your day or your life even? Many times it is our animal companions who nudge our internal clocks to get moving again. Whether it is to get oputside for a walk and get us back into nature or just sitting like the cat in meditation, our pets reflect messages back to us all the time.

So every morning I greet my furry clocks and look forward to the messages I receive from them. They welcome each new day with the excitment of new things. Isn't that a great way for us to also begin our day? Stepping into the rhythms of our animals and our planet each day reminds us of the beauty of life that surrounds all of us.

One of my clocks is letting me know it is time for a "cookie" break so I must go!

Happy Trails,
Sherry

Who Knew?

It's funny how life takes you on all these twists and turns and it isn't until you arrive somewhere that you take time to sit back and look at the journey. Almost 6 years ago I never would have dreamed I would be doing what I am doing today, talking and working with animals and thier caretakers. As I sit here today I am reflecting back on all those events that happened to put me where I am today. Even the smallest seemingly minor event can change a life.

I know that is how it happened for me as I was inducted into the world of animals and their language. Yes they do have a language, it is a language we have long forgotten, telepathy. It is how I get messages from them as well as other forms of communication. I laugh now to myself as I look back at obtaining my bachelors degree in Communication. I didn't count on this kind of communication, I was thinking more television or radio! The animals had other plans for me however and actually it has been for the best. What an amazing journey it has been with them.

Animals do have a voice in this world and they are being heard. Now this may not be the traditional way of being heard but they have taken on a new role in our lives. It is more that we are now waking up to who they are as teachers, guides and spiritual companions. They are all different, they are the jokesters, the protectors, the caretakers and the ones I like to describe as "ascended masters in fur". Much is to be learned from who they are and why they chose to be with us. If we as mankind are not here animals would be just fine, on the other hand though if animals are not here we are not here.

My hope is to share with you some of the messages and experiences I receive from animals. I hope to enlighten and have you look a little bit differently at the world we share with them. In the words of Roy Rogers horse Trigger, "Happy Trails to You". (and you thought Roy came up with the song title).

Happy Trails,
Sherry