“More sports teams are named after animals than anything else. The panther, the manta ray, and the shark lend their symbolic power to the teams; even the oriole, the blue jay, and the gopher conjure a regional pride that helps a team win for its hometown. These animals are totems.
Many people identify with a particular animal, but adopting a totem animal is different. Your totem animal is a creature whose grace, power, or mystery gives you the ability to keep going. There’s no need to trudge through this world with only your own strength. Try connecting, even if only through the power of imagination, to the qualities of an animal you call sacred.”
From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations For All Seasons by Brian Nelson
Chorlton Unitarians 