SOUL WEALTH CHRONICLES ISSUE 68

The Cat & The Mole: When Life Pushes You Above Ground

Sometimes the deepest messages don’t come through words.

They come through signs.

Through moments that seem random on the surface…
but land in your spirit in a way that says,
pay attention.

The other morning, as I was leaving for work, I saw a gray cat near my apartment complex.

That wasn’t unusual.
I’ve seen the cat before.

But what caught my attention was what the cat was watching.

A tiny mole.

Above ground.
In daylight.
Walking in little circles, trying to find its way.

And instantly, I knew it meant something.

Later, I learned that when a mole is above ground, it usually means something in its habitat has shifted.

Something underneath is no longer stable.
No longer livable.
No longer right.

So it rises.

Not because it wants to.
But because it has to.

And that hit me deeply.

Because that is exactly what transition feels like.

Sometimes life pushes you above ground.

Sometimes your spirit outgrows the tunnels you’ve been living in.
Sometimes the environment beneath you changes so much that staying where you are is no longer sustainable.

And when that happens…
you rise.

Not always gracefully.
Not always confidently.
Not always with a full plan.

But you rise anyway.

That image stayed with me because it felt like such an honest reflection of where I am in life right now.

I’ve been feeling the shift.

The internal movement.
The emotional restlessness.
The quiet knowing that something in my life is changing even if I can’t fully name it yet.

And if I’m honest, that kind of transition can feel uncomfortable.

Exposed.
Uncertain.
A little disorienting.

Because there is a part of becoming that asks you to trust movement before you have proof.

To trust your own inner knowing before the outer world catches up.

To believe that something is changing…
even while your life still looks familiar on the surface.

And maybe that’s why the cat mattered too.

Because the cat didn’t attack the mole.

It simply watched.

Alert.
Present.
Observant.

And to me, that felt like protection.

A reminder that even in transition
even when you feel vulnerable, out of place, or unsure of what comes next —
you are still being watched over.

Still guided.
Still held.

Not every disruption is destruction.

Sometimes what feels like displacement…
is actually divine redirection.

Sometimes life pushes you above ground because the old ground can no longer hold the version of you that is trying to emerge.

And if that’s where you are too
in a season of transition, uncertainty, or quiet internal change
I hope this reminds you of something important:

You are not lost.

You are moving.

And there is a difference.

Trust the shift.
Trust the sign.
Trust what is being rearranged beneath the surface.

New ground is waiting.

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With grace,
Natalie

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