One Word Writing Prompt - Dragonfly

 Dragonfly 


Every year we go out on the boat, and I always have a dragonfly land on me. I have begun to believe that the dragonfly is my personal spirit animal.  They seem to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Dragonflies are meant to resemble living life to the fullest and obtaining your own personal potential. Another meaning behind them is ensuring that we fulfill every moment and live in the now. Dragonflies do not have a long lifespan.  Once they reach adulthood, they tend to pass on. I wonder then, at what length of time do they live before they reach adulthood, 6 months, 5 days, 10 years? According to our dear friend Google,  dragonflies only live 7 days to 56 days, but sometimes can last 6-8 weeks. I could not imagine only having that sort of a lifespan. The idea of "making it count," as Jack Dawson says on Titanic, truly does come into play. Each day, would need to make it count because we would never know if tomorrow would be our last. 

The reason I am writing about this instead of creating some story about a lonely dragonfly who just can not seem to make it in the world today, and ended up dying only after a few short days. I find the idea of a spirit animal and them landing on me more interesting. How often does that happen? We have lots of different bugs and animals that love to land on us, bite us, sting us, suck our blood, but never one that just wants to come out and say Hi. In the end, it is a good thing, and who knows... maybe one day it will spark a story. But for now, I will just enjoy the beauty they have to offer. 


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