So strange

Sorry.......... just musing. Life seems so foreign to me sometimes.

Life has made me witness a lot of bad stuff...but my good buddy, ol' Jim Beam, gives me some relief when the nights gets too tough.

I have had hundreds of people die in my life. Wife, children, parents, grandparents, friends, enemies, acquaintances, strangers, fellow soldiers, worker friends, patients in my care..... and the list could go on and on.

But the only deaths that have really torn me apart are the little animals that I have lost, especially this last dog I had to have put to sleep last year.

Most of the time I don't care too much that I seem to lack empathy for all the world. But, sometimes this really perplexes me.

Sorry.......... just musing. Life seems so foreign to me sometimes.

Sorry.......... just musing. Life seems so foreign to me sometimes.

I have had hundreds of people die in my life. Wife, children, parents, grandparents, friends, enemies, acquaintances, strangers, fellow soldiers, worker friends, patients in my care..... and the list could go on and on.

But the only deaths that have really torn me apart are the little animals that I have lost, especially this last dog I had to have put to sleep last year.

Most of the time I don't care too much that I seem to lack empathy for all the world. But, sometimes this really perplexes me.

Hi Willie-T, I understand what your saying all to well
I lost a lot of loved ones but when I lost my sweet old dog...that was the worst
they are sweet and always happy to see you no matter what
Heck, they are just plain old HAPPY no matter what
Animals have a way about them, such goodness comes from them
never a bad day, sweet, kind loving no matter what

The loss of love is always devastating. It is our most cherished "possession."
It is at the center of who we are and why we live, what we live for, and where
our hope is. An early "tell" for someone who might turn into the worst type
of person is one who has no love, empathy, or compassion for animals.

I am one of those who believe that animals are a living soul as we are, and
will be with us in the life to come. God created them before mankind, and
saw that they were good. They played no part in the fall of creation, and yet
they suffer alongside us because of the choice mankind made to follow self
will over the express desire of God. The unconditionally loving relationship
we are able to develop with our pets informs us of who we are as people.

One of the things I have mused upon is how most of our pets do not live
anywhere near as long as humans do, and so help, in a way, to prepare us
to accept the inevitability of death as we understand it... the first death.

Where would we be without love? It was for love that God created us, and
out of love that He sent His only Son to redeem us from the consequence
of sin, which is death. Pets add immeasurably to our enjoyment of life, and
teach us many lessons on love and responsibility and having simple pleasure.

Thank you, God, for the beauty you have created in giving us pets.

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Thank you, Magenta! I've felt alone in this very same way of thinking, not wanting to express it to people who may not understand. ~ My dog, Eddi, died tragically while we were on vacation at the coast. She was leashed, obedience trained, and loved the water. While walking on a pedestrian underpass, ironically for her safety from traffic, in her excitement she jumped a 4 foot wall with a 35 ft drop to the bay. I only had 16' of leash and she was strangling to death. She weighed 85 pounds..... and I couldn't pull her up... I lost grip of her leash and she fell into the bay. The surf was high and she was gone in seconds. My only solace, is she's with the Lord. The horrific visions never leave my mind.

Thank you, Magenta! I've felt alone in this very same way of thinking, not wanting to express it to people who may not understand. ~ My dog, Eddi, died tragically while we were on vacation at the coast. She was leashed, obedience trained, and loved the water. While walking on a pedestrian underpass, ironically for her safety from traffic, in her excitement she jumped a 4 foot wall with a 35 ft drop to the bay. I only had 16' of leash and she was strangling to death. She weighed 85 pounds..... and I couldn't pull her up... I lost grip of her leash and she fell into the bay. The surf was high and she was gone in seconds. My only solace, is she's with the Lord. The horrific visions never leave my mind.