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| Image by Screamenteagle from Pixabay |
The story goes that there was once a scarecrow who had a brain, heart and the ability to walk. Sounds like the one in The Wizard of Oz but no, this is a different scarecrow. :)
Anyway, for several years after the scarecrow was planted, he acted like all other scarecrows - he stayed motionless even if he had the ability to walk. Eventually, the crows lost their fear of the scarecrow.
One day, there was a crow that perched on the arm of the scarecrow and it took a peck at one of his straws and flew away with it. The following day, the same crow did the same thing - he took a peck at the scarecrow and took another straw.
The scarecrow started to feel he was weakening. He felt vulnerable, he was worried, there was fear of survival. He also sensed a strange pull to leave the field (he could walk after all) but he felt uncertain about walking into the unknown. He decided to stay in his steady position coz he was a scarecrow after all and it was just logical for him to act like one.
But each day, crows continued to peck at him, taking straws. Day after day, he died a slow death. Despite of all the worries, fears and the inner voice telling him to leave the field, he chose to stay and ignored his thoughts and feelings. Until, one day, the pecking felt normal. And until one day, the crows took his last straw and he slumped forward lifeless. The scarecrow never got to use his innate abilities. 😢
Such a sad story but here's the moral of the story so we could learn from the scarecrow -
The fears, emotions, the strange pull to do something was the scarecrows's inner wisdom urging him to do something.
Soforic shares - Fear, boredom, worry, dread are an emotional guidance system that is screaming at us to change. If we fail to listen, the inner voice will slowly fade...Whenever you feel stressed, anxious, worried or uneasy about any part of your life, it’s nature’s way of telling you that something is wrong. It’s a message that there is something that you need to address or deal with. There is something that you need to do more or less of. There’s something that you need to get into or out of...
The challenge is it all leads into the unknown. We don't always get to see the end destination when we choose our direction. Sometimes a feeling is all you have to guide the way... It’s not easy to follow the heart but sometimes we must. Since the eyes cant always see what the heart can hear, it sometimes wisest to close our eyes.
Of course, we need to discern when it's plain emotion versus inner wisdom nudging us to make sure we don't act impulsively. 😉
