This was a tough one and I'm sure I've lost a few readers over it. It just felt really important to work through in my head. Not to justify my actions and feelings, but to try to explain to myself "why"." Of all the mysteries in nature, the biggest one is ourselves. These sort of exercises in thinking are perhaps a way of learning how to love ourselves for being human as well. I hope so, anyway!
Your post was an honest self examination and showed your readers how one can struggle with a difficult incident and arrive at a place of increased self acceptance.
Your putting the little sparrow out of its suffering was the humane thing to do.
You work with animals and as Temple Grandin tells it: Animals Make Us Human. Susan
Thank you Rebecca. I shared this to Facebook.
Thank you Rebecca for sharing your story of the jay and the sparrow.
Your description of what you witnessed, how you felt, what you pondered, and what you ultimately did creates a complete picture of a lived experience.
A picture that speaks to your humanity; a gift that resonates and needs to be more generally shared.
Thank you again,
Susan
This was a tough one and I'm sure I've lost a few readers over it. It just felt really important to work through in my head. Not to justify my actions and feelings, but to try to explain to myself "why"." Of all the mysteries in nature, the biggest one is ourselves. These sort of exercises in thinking are perhaps a way of learning how to love ourselves for being human as well. I hope so, anyway!
Yes!
Your post was an honest self examination and showed your readers how one can struggle with a difficult incident and arrive at a place of increased self acceptance.
Your putting the little sparrow out of its suffering was the humane thing to do.
You work with animals and as Temple Grandin tells it: Animals Make Us Human. Susan