The Pigeon Spirit

My internal navigation system is quite advanced and uses all my senses. I see the Earth’s magnetic grid, observe the position of the sun and the moon, know where my North and my South are. I also use my smell to confirm my flight route back home.

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You, too, could find great value in listening more to your senses and using your body as a radar to guide your life. Pay attention to situations when you suddenly think, “it smells fishy,” “it doesn’t feel right,” “it tastes or feels like home.” It is often an indicator worth following.

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Your body is also keen to inform you about situations and relationships. The signs can take the shape of a stomach nod, shivering, getting goosebumps, cold sweat but it can also be a natural reflex of stepping back from a person as if you were drawn to put distance between your bodies, or oppositely to get closer to a person.

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These physical messages are potent guidance to help you navigate life and find what is true or good for you beyond what the eye can see, the romantic desire you have, or the words you ear.

Equilibrium is the key element in my lifelong relationship with my mate. My partner and I work together in all aspects of our lives: from building our nest together to incubating our young, we even produce equal amounts of milk when feeding our kids.

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Relationships last longer with balance. This doesn’t mean tasks are always split evenly. It means both people feel they give and receive fairly. You might feel you’re always the one reaching out. Maybe you’re always making the effort or compromising. Perhaps you feel you’re overworking to make the relationship succeed. You might also feel you do all the work and the other person might just enjoy the fun parts or the credit for success.

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It is time to sit, talk, and listen. You might discover things you haven’t noticed about the other person. Or, they might need to hear your perspective. Imbalances aren’t always because of a lack of effort. Sometimes, they stem from upbringing, beliefs, or a lack of awareness about how you feel and how much you do.

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Occasionally, you’ll come across a person who shuns equilibrium, stubbornly adhering to their personal requirements. If that’s the case, you must weigh whether the relationship’s value outweighs the imbalance, or if it will gradually wear you down.

I am called a messenger, but to fulfil this role, I must be taken far from home and find my own way back. Despite fear and hardship, I must carry a small, rolled-up message on my foot back to my origin point. Though labelled a messenger, the messages I carry are not my own; my sole purpose is to return to my core, my home.

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Beyond the labels society or others place upon you, ask yourself what truly makes you feel at home within yourself, or what would. Beyond the messages promoted by media, teachers, religions, or society, what is your own reality? What do you experience with your loved ones and your community? Is it truly as they claim?

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In an age saturated with messages attempting to pull you away from your center, your inner home, I am here to remind you that you possess an inner compass and that reconnecting with it is possible. Your reality is not what you are told, but what you live and experience. And this reality can be transformed from within, step by step, action by action, healing by healing, if you so desire or need.