Friday Morning, February 9th, 2007
Hola Sister Linda ~ It has been awhile. Yes it is hard to convey our attachment to our four-legged cousins we take into our lives in order to help them live a better life. You simply have a kind hearted way with animals and the two-legged ones can never understand this if they do not have a love for other animals.
Hola Sister Linda ~ It has been awhile. Yes it is hard to convey our attachment to our four-legged cousins we take into our lives in order to help them live a better life. You simply have a kind hearted way with animals and the two-legged ones can never understand this if they do not have a love for other animals.
Human beings can be so arrogant when it comes to other animals as they are assured that they are on top of the animal food chain and get a false sense of superiority. In short, human beings are still animals and in fact they/we are the most mean, vicious and dangerous ones on Mother Earth.
My Cousin Mark is in charge of the kennels at Loaves & Fishes, which is a community agency that helps homeless refugees and he will get out of his way to help the pets of the homeless. At times he will make trips to San Francisco and works with the SPCA in Sacramento and San Francisco.
Plus, in our progressive recovery, pets can give us a sense of purpose as pet owners. Though the idea of having a 'pet' seems kind of arrogant. Better to think of our animal cousins as real companions in our lives, not beings that we just pet without regard to their innate need as living beings for care, concern and loving attention.
Nevertheless, we must not let our love for our four-legged cousins keep us away from relating and interacting with our two-legged human family.
Of course, the love of a two-legged animal is unconditional and should be appreciated, but we must not forget to pay attention to other human beings and not let our so-called 'pets' block us from helping other human beings.
I dig my nickname Peta as it reminds me of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
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My work life goes well and I try to stay out of the petty politics of work at the Salvation Army and focus on helping the clients in whatever ways I can.
Your Brother Peta
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Linda Whittaker <olsvig2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
Linda Whittaker <olsvig2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,This has been a difficult week. My dear little cat Genius had to be euthenized this morning, after gradually sinking in the past week. He was probably an FIV cat (feline immuno-deficiency virus, or Cat AIDS), and the steroid treatment he got for the last two years eventually destroyed his kidneys. I've lost four cats exactly this way, most recently Baby last spring. The sad thing is that these FIV cats have all been very friendly and tender, especially close to me. Genius was no exception, athough I only had him four months, knowing from the beginning that he was a sick cat. Nobody else would take him, so I can say at least these last months he had a good quality of life and was happy. He died in my arms, calm and unafraid right to the end.
So during the day I went to work but at home I was putting Genius on IV for fluids and trying to coax him to eat something. It was painfu to watch him get more weak day by day, and yet I can't share my feelings with most people, who really just don't understand how close I am to my animals, or don't care. That made the week very very tiring.Life goes on, and at work it is going on rather well in spite of things. Spring is coming and it is getting warmer again. It's been a hard winter, and I feel quite worn out now. Falling from the ladder and getting injured a month ago was just the "icing on the cake" and now my energy is at a very low ebb. However, I know with the returning sun I will start to feel more healthy and energetic again. Winters may seem mild here compared to the northern United States, but with our stone houses and inefficient heating systems, I think we suffer more from winter here than I ever did in Minnesota.I think in the near future I will need to work on a better heating system for my house. I'm getting to old to chop wood every winter, and the electrical space heaters just are not good enough. During the coming year I'll investigate this and see what might be affordable and work better. Time to make the woodstove a decoration rather than a necessity, I think.I will go down to the Dead Sea tomorrow, which is always a restorative. Just to lie under the date palms in the balmy air will be so nice. I didn't take any Dead Sea vacations this winter, as I usually do, to soak in the spa and relax. Maybe that was a mistake and I should budget for that next year. Just some down time at Ein Gedi.....shabbat shalom,Linda
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