Imagine meeting a creature from mythology, any
mythology!
There would be no fanfare, no explanations, no expectations
at all. In fact, you would never expect
to meet this creature, especially at the time and place that it happened.
Perhaps you would be walking down to the corner in the
morning to catch the bus to work or school, or maybe you would be cutting
through the park on your way to a friend’s house when there would be a rustling
in the bushes.
An almost indiscernible psst, or perhaps a quiet cry would
pique your curiosity and you would find yourself drawn, very curious and
slightly afraid over into the shadows to see what it was.
There would be something so odd, so amazing, so terrible and
awful – yet slightly familiar, looking back at you. No glowing unicorn from children’s books, or glimmering angel
from Sunday School stories, but something much more earthy and old. Something older than the redwoods out in
California, more mysterious than the moon on Halloween night, something real
and pressingly powerful!
No longer a make believe creature painted up to please small
children, or dreamy eyed dreamers, but the manifestation of what inspired these
things; something older than the earth, wiser than wizards, less predictable
than weather; something whose existence brings forth possibilities beyond the
scope of most of us.
What would you do?
I wonder.
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