October/2011 - Natural Presence Magazine

It can be all too easy to simply walk round day after day
not really paying attention to what is going on within our
own minds. Hummingbird then takes the opportunity to
come along and shout "wake up! Look at the Beauty and
Joy that is in the world, stop focusing on what ever it is
you think is wrong! Unless of course you really want to
attract more of the same in which case, I think I shall fly
off over here and find someone else who can appreciate
the splendour of my Being and the Joy I am seeking to
bestow as a gift from the Divine.
Be aware that Hummingbird people can be very much this
way as well. "What do you mean you don't want to come
play with me and just enjoy life for a while? Well, okay,
but I have to go now. When you are ready to have some
fun though, I shall be back round!"
Hummingbirds are tireless in their pursuit of Joy in life.
They are always seeking the sweetest nectar and Heaven
and all the Angels help anyone who gets in the way of
Hummingbird when he/she is on their mission!
Hummingbird people are like this as well and to others
they may appear to be rather "flighty", not something that
most humans value. Yet there is an important reason for
this, for like their Totem, Hummingbird people are busily
pollinating one flower after another so to speak. They are
busy spreading the Love and Joy that Spirit wants us all
to experience in every moment and that cannot happen
unless they Flowers of Life are pollinated so that they may
produce the seeds that will eventually manifest as All
Good for All. Bless and say a mental "Thank you" to
Hummingbirds and Hummingbird people everywhere for
they have a very important job to do and they do it so very
well and with such Love!
Because Hummingbird is so tireless in their pursuit of Joy
and all that is Good, it is well for us to follow
Hummingbird's example. Too often many humans seem
to be in greater pursuit of misery than Joy. And
Hummingbird would really like to know why! Why is it
so many of us do find it easier to focus on all that is wrong
and then say we can do nothing about it, instead of
focusing on what is right and then asking how we can help
that Good to grow.
Hummingbirds can fly in any direction they choose. Up
and down, backwards and forwards, they truly do move
with the flow of Life. Thus they can teach us how we too
can learn to "go with the flow" and change course when
that is what we really need to do. Sometimes in order to
get what we really want in life we need to be willing to
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change course, to ponder whether what we think we want
is what we really want or is there something even better
that we need to be willing to allow into our lives instead.
Always there are teachings present, always are there
messages coming our way showing us how we can best
live our lives and achieve all that we came here to do. We
were never meant to suffer but we can choose suffering
for we have free will. Spirit will never stand in our way
but will always allow us to choose and choose again. Yet
our Teachers and Guides are always with us and this
includes sweet Hummingbird, to remind us that it is always
our choice how we want to Be.
Hummingbird also symbolizes Love for it is through the
acceptance of Love into our lives and the expression of
that Love that we do indeed find our greatest Joy. Many
of us have been taught since childhood that it is the things
outside of ourselves that will bring Joy into our lives but
so often people find this is not true. Love heals all wounds,
it soothes all Souls, it makes us feel grateful that we our
alive and actually attracts greater Abundance and
Prosperity than any other means. When we put the
attainment of things above Love in our lives, we soon find
that truly we are very poor indeed.
Hummingbird can teach us that when we seek to spread
more Beauty, Joy and Love in the world, then we are then
more than abundantly rewarded by life for doing so.
Things that we desire flow to us much more easily and
gracefully, we don't have to go searching for them for they
simply magically appear. True security and safety come
living our lives in ways that are Joyful and Loving. Think
of how Hummingbird flies about, bringing Love, Joy and
Beauty to others wherever it goes and how people respond.
I know so many people who have put up Hummingbird
feeders and created gardens filled with plants that
Hummers especially love. Everywhere Hummingbird
goes, he/she is welcomed and loved by so many!
Hummingbird is waiting and hoping that you too will
welcome its Love and Joy into your own life. Perhaps there
is a Hummingbird person would like to get to know you
better and if so, you are a very blessed and lucky person
indeed! There is so much you can learn from
Hummingbird and perhaps the greatest teaching and gift
of all is when you realize that in the eyes of Spirit, you are
every bit as beautiful and precious as these lovely flying
gems!
Some things to watch for when Hummingbird appears:
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