Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me
If I was still the same
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
-Bob Dylan
I fell asleep on the couch tonight and had the strangest dream...
I dreamed I was in a field of Giraffes who were just living their lives as usual, eating leaves off trees and bumping into each other in all their awkward beauty.
But then a bunch of people started shouting at them, calling them names, trying to force them to hang their heads in shame, slouch, bend their necks.
They saw me as one of them, despite being human and they slowly stated to gather around me. The voices continued and it seemed as if we were enclosed in a zoo and some sort of police type group was issuing the orders to hang our heads. Some of them slightly lowered their necks but then something strange happened.
Some of them continued to gather and a group but several of them broke off in pairs and they all began "necking" in the only way Giraffes can show affection and love.
Then I heard this voice... it might have been mine but I could see in first and third person at the same time so it's hard to be sure. And this voice was soft but strong and it said
"Don't you see? There are some things God made too powerful for you to break. They can either raise their heads up or bow them down but never hang their heads in shame. They just weren't built that way. You can tell them what you want to do but that doesn't mean they can ever do it. God didn't create them that way. They were created unlike any other creature on earth and for a specific purpose. They were created to be too strong to break."
And with that, they all raised their heads and the police backed off in fear. The zoo pen became this beautiful lush garden and the sun shone brighter than before.
I don't know what caused me to have the dream but I know what ti means to me.
Giraffes are the most vulnerable, disadvantaged proof of the power of all God's creations.
They have no vocal chords to speak, no arms to hold or touch or express love or frustration. No way to protect themselves in the face of danger...
But, they are the only animals of their kind. A physiological impossibility greater than the bumble bee. And in order to just survive and eat and function like other normal animals, they need four hearts to get the job done.
They literally had to do the work of four hearts while every other land-dwelling animal walks around taking their own hearts for granted.
I think it speaks a lot about people. Some walk around with the strength of ten hearts just trying to survive all they've seen in life while others carelessly toss their hearts around without any regard.
My world is full of Giraffes.
We live through the worst this world has to offer us and are cast out for not fitting in.
But we are the strong ones. The ones created to be unbreakable. We have the heart to save the broken ones of the world.
It's only a month into this year but it's a lightning-quick path to things this world isn't prepared to believe in.
There are few things of which I am ever so certain, and I am never wrong.
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