IWSG: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 ~ Who or What Would I Be?

  

It's the first Wednesday of the month,
the day that members of the
Insecure Writer's Support Group
share their writing struggles
and writing successes
and offer their encouragement
and support to fellow writers.






To visit the IWSG website, click here.

To become a member of the IWSG, click here.

Our wonderful co-hosts who are volunteering today,
along with IWSG Founder Alex J. Cavanaugh are 

Ronel Janse Van Vuuren, Pat Garcia, and Liza@Middle Passages!

Stop by their posts and thank them for hosting.

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Every month the IWSG announces a question that members can answer
with advice, insight, a personal experience, or a story in their IWSG posts.

Or, the question can inspire members
if they aren't sure what to write about on IWSG Day.

Remember the question is optional.

This month's optional question is: 

If for one day you could be anyone or *thing* in the world, what would it be? Describe, tell why, and any themes, goals, or values they/it inspire in you.

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Happy March, Everyone!  

I hope things are going well for each of you.

The first image that popped into my mind

when I read this month's question was a red-tailed hawk.

Red-Tailed Hawk Soaring

Wikimedia ~ License

The thought completely took over me.  

I could feel my wings riding the thermals rising up from the desert floor,

as I soared hawk high over Monument Valley scanning the rugged landscape below.

Monument Valley

Ralph Earlandson ~ License

This was no surprise.  

I have experienced this vividly a number of times in the past, awake and in dreams.

When I first visited Monument Valley, I felt a powerful connection to the landscape.

For a while I thought that I might have genetic ties to the Navajo or the Anasazi.

Nope, tests confirmed not a drop of indigenous blood in my past, recently or deep in time.

My dreams had me soaring above the magnificent rocks,

and then I thought, perhaps, it was the geologist in me searching for an aerial view.

The Three Sisters in Monument Valley

I have stood above them on the mesa and looked down.

by Dsdugan Wikimedia ~ License

And then one day, in a profoundly relaxed state during a massage,

I became one with a red-tailed hawk.

I was that hawk riding the thermals in Monument Valley,

and suddenly I realized that the red-tailed hawk is my spirit animal.

Red-Tailed Hawk

by AstroDoc Wikimedia ~ License

I know, this sounds ridiculous.  I've told myself that many times.

But I can't shake that intuition, that compelling feeling.

Over and over I have soared as a red-tailed hawk.

I've looked into what this means over the years, 

and I have come to interpret these vivid red-tailed hawk experiences

as signs of my unending desire to learn and my ability to see the larger picture,

as reminders to trust my powerful intuition

which has changed the course of my life repeatedly,

and as confirmation of my inner strength, courage, and resilience.

Most of all these experiences make me feel protected and lifted up by God's grace.

Much Higher Than a Hawk Over Monument Valley

January 14, 2025

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue. All Rights Reserved

This *thing* in the world that I have experienced has not been for one day only.

I hope I continue to soar hawk high over Monument Valley. 

Wishing each of you a great IWSG Day,

and a big thank you to our awesome co-hosts.

Have a healthy, happy, and creative March!

Take care!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com

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My next post will be March 14th 🤞