Why do these cows keep following me?!

For the second day in a row, I have had a massive cow following! It’s so funny. First, they stop and stare. I can almost hear them saying something like, “What in the moo is this chick doing?”

Then, the movement starts. First one, then three, then seven, then the whole herd starts trotting in my direction toward the fence. Mind you, I am on the opposite side of the road. So, I stop to talk to them and tell them what I am doing it. The set of cows must have been of Spanish descent because I only spoke to them in Spanish. The second set, only English. Yes, I do talk to animals. All kinds. I am the family member that others want to squash because I won’t let them kill an ant, a spider, nothing. Okay, maybe a cockroach and a fly if it doesn’t get on. At a couple of stops the other day, this bee kept hanging around me and chilling on my leg, arm, and pack. My sister was about freaking out. I just told him to please move it along as I had to go. He didn’t sting me!

So, I just had to look up the animal totems for cows and bees to see what they were trying to tell me.

Cows: The Model Family?

Cows signify love, family values, and the devotion of motherhood. The cow is a strong sturdy animal and knows how to hold its ground. Determined and steadfast the cow can weather storms easily bunching together in sheltered spots standing like stoic statues. Those with cow medicine need to remember to stand in their truth and not let other people influence their decisions. In this way they master any challenge efficiently.

Cows are also intelligent and incredibly observant. They respond to their instinctive knowing and have an uncanny ability to sense danger as well as opportunity. They teach those with this medicine how to develop their perception. 

The cow is performing both a duty (providing milk) and a sacrifice (providing meat) for man and is a powerful totem that shows us how to nurture ourselves and honor others. Those with this totem are usually service oriented and put other peoples needs before their own. Sacrificing our personal desires for the common good of all is part of its medicine.

I get the message, although I’d like to also think they were fond of me because I don’t eat them!

Bees: Accomplishing the Impossible through Cooperation and Giving

The Bee is the symbol of accomplishing the impossible through dedication, working hard, and cooperating with others who have similar goals so we can learn how to help each other. Aerodynamically, its body is too large for its wings and should not be able to fly. Although now we understand how it does fly (high rate of wing movement), the Bee remains a symbol of accomplishing anything you put your mind to. When a bee flies into our life, it asks us to pursue our dreams with incredible focus and fertilize our aspirations.

To watch a Bee industriously collecting its nectar from flowers is a very interesting study in patience and calm focused spirit. They fly from flower to flower collecting and pollinating as they go, not only collecting what they need from the flower but also giving it the ability to bear fruit and thus create more flowers. The Bee takes, but also gives back.

The Bee possesses many virtues that are powerful and valuable and which any person would be wise to emulate or divine. One who has the power of the Bee will see enhanced focus and fruitful industriousness; a better sense of cooperation allowing one the ability to contribute more resulting in their own and others ultimate success. Travel, friendship, devotion to family, productive hard work and focused determination are all part of this amazing animals totems.

Sounds a lot like the Walk and the Coalition!

I do actively practice tuning into nature and the animals around me as I believe all solutions to our problems exist in nature. It’s amazing how my problems I’ve solved just by watching what the animals around me do or watching the natural cylces of the weather. Try it! Why are so many yoga poses named and fashioned after animals?!