03/09/2025
We live in a wild and windy spot, less than a mile from the sea in 3 directions, so when we bought this house, we planted 400 hedging trees (with the help of friends) to create shelter and privacy. The added bonus is that the hedges are full of birds nesting and the garden is now filled with birdsong.
Of all the birds we see on a daily basis, the wren is my favourite. For such a tiny bird it can be very loud, especially when threatened.
I did this panting, entitled "It's time to be heard", as part of my oracle card series. The wren reminds us that you are never too small to be heard, and that your values and dreams are always worth standing up for.
This year has been a "Time to be heard" sort of a year for me. I have finally listened to the voice inside me that has been saying "it's time to believe that you can make a living doing your soulwork" and I have begun to open my mind, raise the bar, and take the leap.
The life coach Mandy Morris uses the metaphor of a box, saying that we keep ourselves (in every area of our lives) in some sort of a box, with a ceiling and a basement/floor, and that in order to grow and blossom we need to recognise where we are containing ourselves below a too low ceiling, or hovering above a too sparse a basement.
The Wren's gift can really help in this process; can help us to expand our too small voice; our too small box, so we can finally sing the song we were born to sing.
