Janice Hensley's Animal Guides Elephant Love of contentment
have reserve of self Encircling man as an injured one of her own, the elephant becomes a wall of relief for man to lean upon. Owning patience as a virtue, the elephant quietly stands alongside man as a source for receiving her strength from within. Utilizing the value of wellness, the elephant is accepting of all of man's needs. Valuing pain as a precursor of strength, the elephant accepts all of man's cries of pain with joy in the discovery of man's relief in oneness with herself. Each tear releases a flow of strength that results in forever remembering that source of inner wisdom as coming from deep within man. Caring for man, the elephant provides a solidity of relief that always tells man of the pride in the part she plays in man's recovery of self. Meeting all fears and concerns easily, the elephant readily accepts any aspect of self that man may present. The elephant judges not where man thinks she is, instead, remembering where man's actual place is, the elephant gently reminds man of her own reality. Recovering small parts of man, the elephant provides a safe place for their temporary standing together and tracing man's needs, she replaces all the missing parts she has guarded and tended as she awaits man's return. Raising man from trembling to traveling forward without fear, the elephant acts from man's own love of self. With the, expertise drawn from the ancient times, the elephant quietly encircles man with her own ration of love.
from The Wonders Of Animal Guides, 1988 by Janice Hensley
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