Board :Chronicles of the Winds
Author :rhodakins
Subject :Spirit Animal
Date :6/7
*sits with back against tree, feet dangling in the wilderness stream*

*watches as the birds fly, the crickets chirp, and the squirrels run up the trees*

*a wave of nostalgia overtakes, as a butterfly lands on her nose*

The butterfly...never has there been such a beautiful creature, who starts out so differently....First they are just a bland boring worm crawling along the ground...then they wrap themselves up, not to be heard from for an extended period of time, finally to burst forth, new, fresh, and amazing!  

What a fantastic approximation of my life than with that of the butterfly....So much of my life spent just getting along, doing what had to be done.  Not sticking out, not doing anything special.  Then every so slowly, I started to find myself.  I unwrapped the bonds that had kept me down, and burst forth as a new person, someone who stood out, who was free to fly, and be themselves.  

The butterfly is my spirit animal through and through *butterfly flits and moves to outstretched hand*.  We share a bond only few have went through.  We came out the otherside strong, better.  

*gently stands, throws hand in air and watches the butterfly soar*