Here is one of my favourite quotes from Eckhart Tolle's 'The Power of Now:'
"Negativity is totally unnatural ...No other life-form on the planet knows negativity, only humans ... Have you ever seen an unhappy flower or a stressed oak-tree? Have you come across a depressed dolphin, a frog that has a problem with self-esteem, a cat that cannot relax, or a bird that carries hatred and resentment? ... Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now. Let it teach you Being. Let it teach you integrity - which means to be one, to be yourself, to be real ... I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them cats."
I think this has spoken to me more than anything else I've ever read. I knew I loved animals for a reason ; )
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