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Rather, it is believed that their endless run, no matter what stands in their way, is what keeps the Earth turning. In regions near the Arctic, the caribou are not just seen as animals living out and instinct at all cost. These elegant animals bespeak a force deeper than courage, and, though some would call the caribou stupid, the mystery of their migration reveals to us the quiet, irrepressible emergence of living over hiding, of being over thinking, of participating over observing, of thriving over surviving. What is it we are called to, beneath all formal ambition? The caribou tell us that, though there are risks and dangers that wait in the world, we truly have no choice but to live out what we are born with, to find and work our path.
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Part of our migraation is the finding out. For the caribou it is clear what it is.įor spirits carried in human form, it is a blessing and a curse that we don’t always know our calling. What lesson do the caribou shout to us with the thunder of their hooves as they deepen the crown of the planet? They are evidence, even as we speak, of the fact that in every living thing there is an inner necessity that outweighs all consequence. What feels like confusion is frequently our human refusal to see things for what they are. Often nature makes difficult things very clear. And every year, despite the danger, the caribou return and make their way. And every year, along the way, packs of coyote wait to feed on the caribou. They are born with some innate sense that calls them to this path. Every year, around the scalp of the planet, the caribou run the same path of migration along the edge of the Arctic Circle.