An Act of Kindness and the Love of HU

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By Michael Avery, as told by Sharon Sheppard

Sharon Sheppard’s husband, Pat, takes their Siberian Husky for walks every morning and late afternoon either to a wooded area or along the rolling sand dunes and sparsely populated beaches near their home on the Oregon coast. Pat enjoys contemplating and singing HU, an ancient love song to God, as Sitka runs through the woods or along the beach. One day, their normal routine was interrupted when Pat spied a murre bird lying motionless at the tideline. 

It is not uncommon to find injured birds along the Oregon coast. When Pat discovers one, he sings HU more loudly as he approaches. This is Sitka’s signal to leave an injured bird or animal alone while Pat investigates the situation.

This was the case that morning when Pat saw the murre bird on the beach in front of him. Pat moved in closer to the bird and sang HU, as Sitka looked on from a respectful distance. The distressed bird began to move uneasily, but it was obvious that it could not fly. The sound of HU seemed to settle the bird down.

Pat reported that the tide was coming in. He continued to soothe the murre bird, and then a plan came to mind. 

Pat walked up on a sand dune with some driftwood, pulled out some dune grass, and dug a slight hole. He then leveled off the ground, making a makeshift nest. Pat then returned to the tide line where the bird was resting.

The murre bird allowed Pat to pick it up, and he held its wings against his body and sang HU as he carried it up to the nest he had made. This location would give the bird a safer place to recover from its trauma; the driftwood would shield it from the gusty winds. Pat spent some time singing HU to comfort the bird, as Sitka sat quietly a short distance away.

Sharon is a gifted animal communicator. In addition to calling upon Divine Spirit, there is one Spiritual Master in particular that she and Pat turn to for assistance in situations like this. Having done all he could for the murre bird, Pat called upon Prajapati, the Master who helps animals, and released the bird into his care.

Pat remembers other incidents similar to this one involving seals, seagulls, and other birds. When he returns the following day after finding an animal or bird in a distressed condition, he finds that some have survived the night while others have not. When Pat returned the next morning with Sitka, he was happy to see that the bird was no longer in the nest he had made. While there is not guarantee the bird survived, chances are that it recovered thanks to the kindness of a stranger and the love of HU.

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Pat and Sharon Sheppard retired to the Central Oregon Coast 15 years ago from the Monterey Bay area in California. Pat was with the US postal service in Pebble Beach for 35 years and spent the first few years here working at the Sylvia Beach Hotel and as an off-leash dog walker, taking packs of dogs daily to either the beach or woods for adventures.

Sharon retired from a Director of Operations position for a large in-home care and residential care company and has spent the last 20 years offering her Animal Communications services to those who want a deeper relationship and understanding with their animals.

Sharon can be contacted at [email protected].