Into The Light : When Our Pets Transition

<p class="p1">There’s something beautiful that happens when they come into our lives, even if it’s just or a little while. Our nights seem less lonely, a casual walk becomes a teaching in presence and devotion to something other than ourselves.  As long as I can remember  there has always been a pet companion somewhere in my life. Whether it be my own or someone else’s, and each time we cross paths with these beautiful animals we always leave with a little more love in our hearts than we initially came with.  </p> <p class="p1">It’s easy to forget our pets as having mortal linear paths limited to age and health just as humans, and considering how little baggage they seem to keep with them, we often forget that they aren’t immortal.  And as we slowly begin to accept our mortality as we age, it’s hard to believe that our pets and animals age along side of us, sometimes in the most beautiful of ways, but also the most tragic.  If there was any indicator of beauty and grace existing in this life, our pets and animal companions would be more than enough proof to point us in the direction of how love moves through life.  </p> <p class="p1">One very important question enters into the mind of every pet owner eventually ; why do these companions exist and why did source create them? If we aren’t able to immediately answer this question, we certainly learn the answer through the course of nurturing, loving and letting go of our pets. </p> <p class="p1">In a complex world of ego, self interest, dissolution and shadow, it’s a miracle that these animals can exist alongside of us completely removed and immune from the static we place onto ourselves. Perhaps that is the point. If you’ve ever spent time taking care of a pet or an animal then you cant help but eventually understand the point of this journey we call life.  We come to them with heartbreak, loss, sadness and pain, and they come back to us with a simple and unconditional love not often offered by people without condition. </p> <p class="p1">Perhaps that is the te