Birds, signs and meanings
Hey everyone, some stuff happened the last couple of days and I don’t know if I’m reading to much into it, so I wanna hear some opinions.
A few days ago, I prayed and asked God for a sign. Not a specific sign, but just something that would help me understand whether He hears me, whether I’m on the right path, or whether I should change something in my life. I’m dealing with a lot right now, and I keep feeling like I’m failing in life, like I’m not doing enough and that I’m waisting my 20s by having fears and anxiety about everything. So I felt like I needed guidance.
Then, over the next few days, several things happened that felt meaningful to me.
The first thing happened when I saw a small injured bird on the street. I was walking with my boyfriend at night. A little black bird was in the middle of the pavement and it couldn’t fly properly and seemed to be hopping on one leg. I tried to help it, but it wouldn’t let me get close. My boyfriend is very good with birds, and he tried to calmly approach it, planning to take it home and find a vet. It kept hopping away from us and eventually hid in some bushes. Since we couldn’t reach it for about 15 minutes and we didn’t want to stress it further, we left it alone.
The next day, I saw a crow that looked sick or injured. It had some white hair or dirt on it, I’m not sure what it was. But it definitely looked not healthy. I am terrified of crows, so I just kept walking and I even stepped further away from it. I past by it keeping distance and then I heard loud cawing. I looked behind thinking it was the same crow but there were three healthy crows flying towards me. I walked faster and then they were flying about a meter above my head, loudly cawing. I completely panicked and started running away while screaming. The crows followed me for a while and then eventually left me alone.
Even writing this makes me laugh because I know it’s stupid fear and my reaction was really dramatic.
Later that same day, I was on the phone with my boyfriend after work. I was telling him about the birds and how I felt they were a sign but I was also telling him that maybe I was overthinking everything and that these events were probably just coincidences.
It was dark outside and I looked up and saw a white bird flying above me. It landed on some cables near a rooftop. I told my boyfriend something like „omg a freaking white bird just landed near me while I’m talking about all of these being signs“
Then I looked more carefully and it was AN OWL.
I was shocked.
I’ve never seen an owl in real life before.
My boyfriend asked if it was staring at me and said that would be a good sign. I said no. The moment I said no, the owl turned and looked directly at me. We locked eyes for about ten seconds and then it flew away.
While we locked eyes I felt calm and I was thinking how beautiful the owl was, especially the huge eyes. It felt peaceful. I don’t know if it was a sign from God, from the universe, or a coincidence but it felt meaningful to me.
I am googling it trying to find what crows, owl or birds in general symbolise but I haven’t found anything that makes since right now.
I’m 90% sure all these birds were a sign but I don’t know what it could mean.
Obviously the crowd chasing me (lol) makes since, I think they were trying to protect the weaker crow. But I think it really means something.
Any thoughts? If appreciate it.
Thanks for reading<3