Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.
― A.A. Milne
(author of Winnie the Pooh )
This has been a special week of spirit sending me one heart touching story about our earth's beloved animal kingdom after another.
Whether it is the sad loss of one dear animal or even the loss of an entire species of animals; or the gains we are given as we learn to value the special place in our hearts and own need for animals in our world and our lives, many of us deeply appreciate and bond with them. They are a valuable treasure in our world and in all of our lives.
Post your animal stories, news, or predictions here. They can be personal stories to you or about animals in your own lives or larger stories out there in our world that both uplift, connect or even sadden and touch our hearts.
This one did all of that and reminded me so much of the emotions of beloved animals that have meant so much to me in my own life.
"How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul."
― Frances Hodgson Burnett
- (Playwright, Childrens author of "The Secret Garden")
Link to a heart warming story that connected to my heart today.
I have been a guest on this site for a while, and your post moved me to sign up. We recently lost our family dog to latent kidney disease. It was very unexpected. H was a being of light for sure, and we were prepared to have him with us for another seven years. I miss our daily routine which included socializing with our neighbors.
I have always that connection with nature - animals and trees and especially the mineral kingdom!
… We forget that nature is us. <3
Here is a short video of an octopus, dreaming, in color https://twitter.com/i/status/1177457161921683456
@westie1010
We just lost our beloved Dog today. He had been failing for weeks and this morning, he could no longer walk. He was a therapy dog and brought joy to many lives, but mainly he was our daily companion and gave us daily joy. We’ve spent this last year nurturing him and living in appreciation of our last months, weeks and days together. When I was telling him goodbye, I felt that his dog brother would be there waiting for him as he passed over. We will see that sweet soul ourselves someday on the other side.
@Westie1010 @Bluebelle
Oh I am so glad you both shared and are connecting here. Those dear, dear companions and friends are so precious, so loved and even when we know the end will come and even if it's truly time, it just leaves such a space in our hearts and in our homes.
With as much love as we all gave (and even more loved that we received) I cannot help but believe that strong bond is always with us. I know they sure are in our thoughts and in the endless unexpected missings all day, every day when it hits us.
Blessings to you hoth from the bottom of my heart. What long pathways along our lives journeys they have all shared and how they marked so many milestones right along with ours.
All I have to do is imagine it and I can hear the howling of joy that we're home or the excited barking or meowing to remind us we were missed.
Holding you and them in my heart. Boy do I miss the many,many beloved pets I have held so close to my own heart just thinking about them and remembering!
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@Westie1010
Westies are the most delightful little spirits. And kidney disease is so challenging to deal with. Sorry your little one didn't have the time with you that you so hoped for! All part of nature indeed. Dont be surprised if you feel, find, or discover connections or little remembrance symbols in the days to come. Everything is connected in more ways than any of us can even begin to imagine.