I had to post again today when I found a little friend on my office floor.  Very dangerous place, that.

With the exception of a few months here and there, I have lived in the Pacific Northwest my whole life. 48 years. And until last year I have NEVER seen a grasshopper in a garden here. Not one. Then, last year, I found a dusty gray fella in my rosemary patch. But this summer? They are everywhere. Well, not really because then I guess they’d be a swarm of locusts, but I do keep finding them.

Two very bright, green grasshoppers on my car, one found with Patrick also bright green, and this morning one on the floor of my office, black with gold. There is lots of grass and trees near enough to my office but this fella had to get on top of a one story roof and then into my window, no easy feat. I rescued him and put him outside, I almost squashed him by accident when he was on the floor. This solidifies my feeling that Grasshopper is trying to tell me something.

So I did a quickie google search on grasshopper totem. This is what I found with great snippage for the important parts.

Listening and responding to your inner voice as well as using it in a complimentary way towards self and others is equally important.

Gotta keep working on that.

When the grasshopper-locust appears to us we are being asked to take a leap of faith and jump forward into a specific area of life without fear. Usually that specific area is one that we have avoided and is often connected to change on a larger scale. This can represent a change in location, relationships, career or just in the way we perceive ourselves.

Hmmm, very warm, hot even. Certainly have had some changes in relationships lately. Relationships with people and with things. And definitely with how I see myself and have decided to present myself to the world.

Those with grasshopper-locust as a totem must remember that the gifts of mother earth are available for everyone if used in sacred and practical way. Sometimes a person forgets that sacred balance and takes more than is needed. This can also signify individuals taking from you. Are others demanding too much or your time or energy? Is responsibility being placed on you that is not rightfully yours?

Hahahahahahaha! Well alright then. Sacred and practical. That just cracks me up! Thanks Mama, I heard you! And I’m doing all I can about it.  And yeah, that’s been happening for a long time. And I have no one to blame but myself because I’ve encouraged it even.  Sacred appears to be a common theme of late as well.

These are some of the questions to ask yourself if the grasshopper-locust presents itself to you. Remember life becomes more difficult when we refuse to leap forward into the magic of change.

Well then.  Guess this time of change and transition isn’t done with me yet.  But I am not refusing to leap.  I hope that I am leaping with great joy and abandon.  Because one of the things my heart tells me that Grasshopper is saying to me is that I must play more and stop working like an ant all the time.  I will get to play at OLOTEAS this weekend and that’s good.  That said one of the hardest things for me to be is not so serious. 

Patrick has been very good for me in this area of my life. Bringing the play back in, sparkles and glitter to offset all the black.  Thanks my love!