Inspiring Health In The Human Spirit

Angel and Mouse trap

Three days ago I saw the infamous Mouse in my house.  What is a girl to do!!!

I first contemplated my gut response which was to set Angel on it.  I considered the wooden traps but failed to get to Home Hardware because I wanted this experience to pass, I wished I could close my eyes and it would be a figment on my imagination.

But, to no avail that night, the dance of cat chasing mouse under my bed, around my bedroom was challenging, to say the least.

The following day, I acquired the traps and placed a suggested amount of peanut butter on it.  Set and ready to go, guaranteed to do the job by the salesperson, still no mouse.   The idea crossed my mind that this mouse may have been living here all along and Angel had no desire to catch it in the traditional way but to keep a night time play buddy.  Sure enough the second night, the same dance around my room.   They were having too much fun.

In the am of the 3rd day I hear a scratching.  Angel investigates it but returns empty handed.  I am not ready to get obsessed over what the uncommon sound is, so I do my meditation.  A trip into the kitchen where the mousetrap lay, uncovers no mouse.  I pour myself a tea, a quick access to email and then, breath in, I decide to investigate for myself the scratching.

I stop at my daughters bathroom, go to look inside the tub and there she is.  She looks up at me.  A wet mouse unable to get out of the tub.  Okay she is cornered, what do I do?  I hesitantly get Angel place her on the side of the tub…they look at each other and Angel leaves the bathroom.  In that moment, I knew it was up to me.   I had been asking the greater powers to provide a way through this event that is not the old way of death and destruction.  Little did I know this scenario was to grace me and the mouse.

I closed my eyes in thought and a vision of a deep Tupperware container with a cardboard lid to place over the mouse then under her to take her outside and be free.   I got my supplies and went into the bathroom.  The container fit nicely over her not to damage her long tail.  There was little resistance on her part when the cardboard slid under her.  There she was in between my hands.  Yes I conversed with it blessing her journey and being grateful I could release her from whence she came.

We descended the staircase and to the door that was previously opened, I let her free into the Buddha garden.

The relief and joy in my heart was huge.  The same as when I rescued the bird and set it free only two months prior.

In Reflection:   What choices do I make in my daily life that support and nurture life?