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Nevertheless, sometimes I have some mixed feelings in the bottom of my heart, some kind of nostalgia. I would like to be and to do something very different of what I am and I do now. Then I would like to run away, to live in the woods with other animals, to chew on barks and have blades of grass on my coat. But it's only for a moment, when I feel nature very deeply inside me and I hear her voice from very far in time, calling me. However, I soon come back to reality and feel very satisfied of being who I am now because I have met the most wonderful human I could have ever imagined -- my beloved mom. She loves me very dearly. She hugs me and kisses me so much; she also sings to me and gives me delicious foods. She buys me many nice toys and we spend a wonderful time playing together. I can go everywhere with her and we share everything. I live a marvelous life!

Her voice was sweet and rhythmic. It warmed up my heart. I recognized her right away. The instant I saw her I knew she was the person for me and that I never again would wonder about my tomorrow.

Traveling animals in circuses and other acts live unnatural lives in barren cages or trailers, exposed to temperature extremes, unnatural diets and irregular schedules, without normal exercise, socialization, or even the semblance of a natural life.

Performing animals are trained with steel rods, whips, muzzles, electric prods and paw burning. They are enslaved, tortured and made to perform dangerous tricks against their will. Circus workers know the animal cruelty laws but they disobey them and the USDA hardly ever does anything about it.

Circus tigers and elephants never get to swim in pools, monkeys never get to climb trees or stay in a troop and bears never have the comfort of a den. Babies are never with their mothers for very long and they are taken away before they are weaned so they feel extremely lonely.

Thank you for these words. This is a very positive way to deal with separation. At least for a moment it helps me. I will try to focus on this truth: we all come to this planet for a reason. We meet beautiful beings (animals and humans) whom we learn to love very deeply. One day or another one of these friends departs and we must open our hearts to new ones while continuing our journey toward another plane of life. We need faith and to trust God.

Are there not other alternatives? How old is your Kitty? Does he have pain? Does he suffer? Is not possible that he can live some kind of acceptable life perhaps with the help of alternative veterinary practice?

Remember that our perspective of life while living in this plane is very limited. It's like looking at the street from the window of your house and looking at the street from a mountain. You surely will have a much wider view from the mountain, don't you? Well, you look it at from the street and God looks it at from the mountain. If you are here, it means that you still have some more tasks to perform.

The dark valleys we go through are sometimes very long; do not give up. It may not seem like it right now, but God is in the process of turning around all the evil that has befallen you and working toward bringing blessing out of it. These losses are like seeds that are planted in the ground and one day they will produce a harvest for others to enjoy. This is your season of sewing tears... Soon it will be your season of rejoicing. As you take this time to press into God it may seem like He is distant from you, but keep on pressing in.

I used to be a very happy, beautiful dog like you and I lived in a very nice home with good people until the family brought a puppy and soon after they left me in the yard saying that I was old, ugly, stupid... One night they took me for a ride. In a dark road they opened the door and pushed me away. I ran after the car until I fell down and couldn't get up anymore. I don't understand what happened. Perhaps I was a bad dog and I did something wrong. We were friends. We loved each other. If at least I could see them again and tell them I even now love them... I already have lost all hope. I have tried in vain to find the way back home. Oh, someone is coming...

I felt very happy the other night when you finally could perceive me very clearly. You were in bed, I put my head by yours and we kissed and hugged each other a lot. Later I shook very soundly, you looked at me tenderly and you also smiled. I smiled too.

Before I met you I already knew you. I remember that some months before attending training, I frequently had clear visions of a dog. I wondered who was this dog and why she appeared to me. Only when we met I realized that you were this dog.

Last night when I went to sleep I saw in my dreams the most beautiful flower that I have ever seen. It was a huge, orange-color flower. I contemplated for a long time and took it in my hand. When I woke up I knew that this was another gift from God. He's a living presence in my life and takes care of me in so many ways... He knows how much I appreciate, admire and respect His creation -- I consider nature an open book written by Him.