I find myself in a warm inner room with a stone-surround fireplace. A bright fire glows at the center—comforting, alive. Oddly, all the electrical outlets sit…

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What can seeing unlikely critters on a morning hike represent as a message to us as we walk our own paths? It all depends on our thoughts, actions, and experiences in our life, relationships, or business at the time we meet the creature or animal.