Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Size of an Ant (vision)

       I see you walking through the grass--you are about the size of an ant. There are other people walking around, also very small. Everyone looks up; you see a giant foot about to come down. People run frantically away, scurrying in every direction, terrified of getting stepped on. You stand still right where you are. You watch as the foot comes down directly in front of you--you narrowly missed it, but others were not so lucky. Something tells you that you would have been squished if you had been running away. The danger passes and you continue to walk. As you walk, you begin to grow. You are taller than the other people, the blades of grass, the flowers... You see the person whose foot you had nearly been stepped on by, and you begin walking quickly and purposely towards him. As you approach him, you realize you are much bigger than he. At first, you couldn't tell it you had grown larger than him or if he was just a smaller person. When you get near to him, you see he is a young child. You reach out and put a hand on his shoulder; he turns, startled and afraid. You smile gently and put your arm around him. You speak to him; he listens intently. I don't know the words you spoke, but I know it has to do with him scaring all the little people. The two of you begin to shrink down to the size you had been before. People come from all over--they recognize this kid as the one who threatened them earlier. You begin to speak and their faces change from being angry to showing compassion. All the people embrace the boy and he becomes a part of the community.

My interpretation:
       You are in a community of people who always fear something bigger than them. This "community" might be a group of friends, acquaintances, maybe even strangers. The constant fear could be of something supernatural or it could be a situation in life that scares them. When everyone else panics, you remain calm and listen to the small voice inside you that tells you to remain where you are; this winds up saving you. Your ability to stand firm shows courage and faith; you were able to conquer the fear that cripples the people of your community. Because of this, you were able to become larger than the problem itself and come face to face with it. You saw that the problem was not as threatening as everyone thought it was--in the vision it was a young, small person that you can easily talk to (this could symbolize a problem that you can easily manage). You are able to bring this "problem" down to the size of your community. I think this shows that the people's fear was blown out of proportion compared to the size of the problem. After talking with the people of your community, they come to realize the problem is not as big as they thought; it is nothing to fear.
       I guess I can sum this all up to: You overcome a fear that cripples the people around you and eventually prove to those people there is nothing for them to be afraid of.

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