I am a Hedgehog

So when thinking about this First Days Topic, I have been very indecisive and one of the things I was told to do is to write a piece on the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the topic.

"Even if you know me well, you don’t know this." 

I am a Hedgehog

Imagine waking up one day, opening your eyes, and instead of this humongous human, that we all are, you wake up to be a small, insignificant hedgehog. I have, and I will take the time now to explain my thought pattern to what happened next.

There are a number of thoughts running through my head, at the present point in time. The first thing why are things so large, everything is bigger here than before. The size of things that I used to interact with on a daily basis are now all like wow, so large.

On the Beach

The feeling of insignificance is really kicking in now, there is not much that one can do when being so small. The time you went to the sea, to swim, now imagine, those waves. I know I would not like to get these little feet of mine wet.

Wet Feet

There are some scary things that can happen to such a small creature, through these untainted eyes. Coming from a place of comfort where, there were no dangers, Too this.

What are the dangers, what can bite, friend or foe. Where to stand, don't make the wrong move. Just please, why does this happen to me. Yet again thinking about all the dangers that stand between me and where ever my little heart desires to take me, scaring me. These dangers how big can they be, how scary are they.

Thinking, what is fear in my eyes, fear is the unknown. What is there or what is not there, what can you expect. Although if you think about it the one thing that can be said about that, what happiness tomorrow, what is going to happen in 5 minutes? well I guess its the unknown.

Confident?

With this renewed confidence, how will this little hedgehog approach the world?

I guess, I am a hedgehog, born to survive, no matter how deep the waters are. If things get hairy, what should I do, listen to my gut feeling, instinct. Something I have, something I believe most people have. Follow the decision with no regrets.

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good attempt?