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Pulling into my garage I hastily made my way to the door into my home. As I reached for the door knob I saw out of the corner of my eye a dragonfly sitting on the concrete floor. I proceeded to drop by belonging on the kitchen counter and immediately returned to visit my friend.
Dragonfly’s represent the power of Light and their magnificent colors only are displayed when light strikes their body. It’s this reflection that we humans see in colors of blue and green. He was a beautiful site and I was taken in by his lack of fear of me. I gently spoke to him, asking how he had made his journey to my garage and insisted that a garage was no place for a thing of such beauty. I slowly picked up a postcard from the recycling bin and gently crouched down and slide the card underneath his body. I simply said; let’s return you to your journey outside. He never resisted and allowed me to lift the card and walk him to the front yard and away he flew.
Now that in and of itself to me is a pretty amazing story, but a few days later I once again entered my garage to find at the door this dragonfly. I was perplexed to say the least and was left wondering how this dragonfly kept finding its way into my garage. Once again I asked his permission to deliver him outside. Using the same postcard as before, this time he allowed me to walk him to the old Oak tree. All his eyes staring at me, I said go; you’re free to return to the beauty of the Oak. Zip – he was gone. I, on the other hand was beginning to wonder what these visits where really all about. Nature, its animal friends always have a message for us if we chose to listen.
Later that week I was shocked to find again this dragonfly at my door. This time I asked, what is your message to me, Mr. Dragonfly? Why have you come to visit three times? He guided me to bend down and allow him to climb this time on to my finger. I stood there marveling at his beauty, looking at all his colors in the sunlight, seeing his eyes moving in all directions, and the delicate wing structure that held the mystery of flight. As we walked together he directed me to place him on an Impatient flower petal in my garden. Slowly, very slowly I placed him as instructed. I was enraptured by this moment and of the closeness of God himself. In a blink of an eye he took flight and disappeared. On occasion I will see dragonflies darting about outside or possible in a park that I am visiting, but I was never visited by this dragonfly again. Later that evening I studied the dragonfly to see what characteristics they hold to see if I could fully understand his message to me.
Dragonfly’s true colors take time to mature. They are excellent hunters and can change directions in mid-flight, even backwards. The dragonfly lives in water for two years and then makes a metamorphosis into an adult and then takes flight. They represent mental clarity and control, but in the extreme represent repression of one’s light. The color of blue is related to water, expression of emotions, and the throat chakra, meaning there is something that needs to be expressed. Green represents the heart chakra – love, Mother Earth, nature, and life. For me I was at the end of a two year journey of becoming a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner. In addition, I was finding my way back to my true calling – a Healer. I was once again embracing all my true colors and I was maturing as a child of the Divine. My metamorphosis was almost complete and I would soon be certified. With this certification it would open many, many avenues of helping others and helping them see their true colors, by engaging them in their heart and the Love that they are. I was blessed that day and whenever I see a dragonfly I thank him for his blessing and his time.
Mistye
Mistye Arnold has been called the “Ambassador of the Heart” and over the last fifteen years has educated and empowered her clients through the use of her work called; Sacred Heart Therapy. Her passion for helping others live a life full of joy, excitement and vitality is at the heart of everything she teaches.
