Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00917)

SIGNS!


    A few months ago here in the US, at 
the Whitehouse, a huge 100+ year old 
Elm tree next to the whitehouse blew 
down in a storm. (The tree appears on 
the dollar-bill.)  I think this is an 
omen or a sign about something about the 
US's fate, or current state, or a 
significant change in the country.  What, 
I don't know, but I guess it has to do 
with loss of at least the pretence of 
principles, character, etc.  At least when 
there is pretence, there is also some 
real values manifested ocassionally to 
back it up.  I think there is no longer 
even the pretence maintained in government, 
business and human relations in general 
- the shaft is given to you up front and 
in impunity.


     Why I think this elm-tree falling 
down is some kind of symbol, is that I've 
seen these type of omens around significant 
events in my own life and those around me, 
and they set off a kind of inner reaction.  
I've only got my own life to go by, but 
others maybe can see omens similar in their 
own life.  For instance,  my grandparents 
had two huge trees in their back yard.  Right 
after my grandfather died, one of the trees, 
a huge elm, blew down.  I know another 
household which had three well-known members 
in it, and two or three huge trees in the 
back yard.  One of the members died, and 
one of the huge trees shortly blew down 
(or had to be taken down, I can't remember.) 


    I used to work for a construction company 
which ran a couple of crews.  One crew went 
to work on one house, and the boss dropped 
me off to finish putting caps on the peak 
of the roof of another roofing job.  I was 
nailing shingles on the peak and a crow 
flew closely by.  It circled back and 
alighted beside me on the peak about 15 
feet away - very unusual, as the crows won't 
let you get any where near them.  I figured 
it might be an omen - and sure enough, 
one of my buddies on the other construction 
crew at that time had a bad fall and was 
hauled off to the hospital.  I built my 
own house and had been living in it about 
15 years.  I was out in the back yard 
after dusk, and owl flew by and dive-bombed 
me.  You hear owls but never see them (a 
symbol of death.)  Sure enough, shortly 
thereafter, I got beaten up, lost my house, 
and almost my life. I had a coffee-cup I 
used all the time.  I dropped it and it 
shattered - a sign it seemed to me.  I 
lost my girlfried right after. A few years 
later, I got a job driving truck.  I was 
living alone and I had an old corel plate 
(amazing material) which I had used daily 
for about 15 years.  It got stuck under 
a rocking-recliner I used, and Exploded 
into 10 thousand pieces.  A sign.  Right 
after, I had a heart-attack while driving, 
and I lost my job and license. 
 


    Any Signs in your life?


             - jake j.

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