Frog Prince at night
Prodigal Frog Prince
I went out on my deck one might last week and glanced under a small round table to see a big fat frog half hidden under a broken piece of cobalt blue pottery. He was a fine specimen: prince material I thought, smiling. So much so that I got my camera and took a couple of close ups. He didn’t blink an eye and sat stone still.
A couple of days later, I was cleaning the deck and threw out the little pool of slimy, green water. And then I thought “Oh No! that little stagnant pool was probably his HOME and I just destroyed it! He could have happily eaten the green slime growing in that mini pool. I felt badly that I had totally not been thinking of the frog.
Which made me wonder what and who else I am totally not thinking of right now or anytime. Not because I want to add more pressure to my life, but because I’d like to expand my vision to include all this cool stuff (like frog princes) and become more sensitive to how my littlest action can have such a big impact.
We are such clumsy beings walking the earth now that the dinosaurs are gone. Every time we take a step, or dig a trench or clear land or even dust, we are impacting and often destroying some ecosystem that we can’t even see, aren’t aware or don’t think is important.
We clean up our kids’ rooms not realizing that we have ‘cleaned up’ some little universe in progress. We say something without stopping to think and everything changes. We are bulls in the china shop that is the world. There is always a ripple effect and once we grasp the impact we have with our littlest actions (and with our thoughts), we can intervene. When we realize we are not being mindful, we can breathe, pay attention and move forth with wider eyes, more listening ears, a softer touch and a compassionate heart.
I was happily surprised this morning when I went out on the deck and saw that my Frog Prince had returned. He has taken up residence in his spot under the piece of blue pot and, because it has been raining, it is once again filled with water. Welcome Home.
I LOVED your take on the frog prince and our unconsciousness as we stumble through life, stomping on many precious creations of other people and creatures. I too have recently been retaught deep lessons by an iguana who may have a big future in awakening people in the Caribbean. Stay tuned!! Look for the return of “iggi”!