Our fellow animals play a huge role in our lives. I'm sure all of you have noticed that animals often represent similar (or sometimes very different) things across cultures and civilisations. In fact, some of the most powerful symbols that we use -almost everyday- are related to animals. We always compare someone's strength to that of a lion's while, horses are usually associated with nobility and grace. And you probably can't say the word peace without a picture of a white dove popping inside your head.
Our friend, George Orwell, used animal symbolism as a main device to criticise prominent politicians of his time in his very famous novella Animal Farm in 1945. Unsurprisingly, he wasn't the first one to do that. Native Americans, for example, believed that a person's personality traits and skills can always be linked to those of one or more animals. Thus each one of us shares a special connection with an animal (or a number of animals).
So just like any bored, curious human being would do, I thought about what animal I could possibly share this special connection with. At first I wanted to believe it was an owl but whom am I kidding? I'm not as wise or calm. I am loud, fast and outgoing. I swing from an idea to another in a blink of an eye. However, after doing a few tests, it turned out that my spirit animal is the lion (now how cool is that :B). We share the characteristics of confidence and independence and we both are relentless fighters: we do not give up easily.
Doing these personality tests will always help you know yourself better and thus define yourself as an individual. It is very important to have a clear image of what kind of person you are but it is even more important to be confident and feel free to be the wonderful person you are. Like they always say: 'no one is better in being you than you'. So go ahead and be YOU! The last thing this world needs is another replica.
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