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Living Love
If you ever love an animal, there are three
days in your life you will always remember. The first is a day,
blessed with happiness, when you bring home your young new
friend. It instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with
you through the many years to come.
The second day will occur eight, nine or ten
years later. You will look at your longtime friend and see age
where you once saw youth. And you may feel a growing fear deep
within yourself. And you will feel this uneasy feeling, until
the third day finally arrives.
And on this day, if your friend and God have
not decided for you, then you will be faced with making a
decision on behalf of your lifelong friend, and with the
guidance of your own deepest Spirit. Whichever way your friend
eventually leaves you, you will feel as alone as a single star
in the dark night. If
you are wise, you will let the tears flow as freely and as often
as they must. You will find that not many in your circle of
family or friends will be able to understand your grief, or
comfort you. But if you are true to the love of the pet you
cherished through the many joy filled years, you may find that
his soul seems to walk with you, at times, during the lonely
days to come. You
will remember those three significant days. The memory will be
painful, and leave an ache in your heart. As time passes the
ache will come and go as if it has a life of its own. If you
reject it, it will depress you. If you embrace it, it will
deepen you. But there
will be a fourth day when, along with the memory of your pet and
piercing through the heaviness in your heart, there will come a
realization that belongs only to you, that takes the form of a
Living Love. Like the heavenly scent of a rose that remains
after the petals have wilted, this Love will remain and grow and
be there for us to remember. It is a love we have earned. And it
is a gift we may keep with us as long as we live. It is a Love
which is ours alone.
Martin Scot Kosins, Author of "Maya's First Rose" |
