You Are Special Like All Living Creatures

We love our pets. Every single one of them is “special.” They literally make my day. There is nothing more ecstatic than the purring of a cat, or more entrancing than standing next to my beloved horses and feeling their sacred breath and energies surround me.

My pets literally light up each day. I love seeing the dogs laying on the lawn with all four paws in the air. My cat purring next to them. Sometimes we all lay in the sand together – the two horses, two dogs and the cat. We meditate together, sunbathe, and sigh. So happy and content. I swear we could cure anyone who walks into that circle of energetic radiance we have going in the sand pit. So simple, yet so powerful. And yes… special. Every time. Every moment I spend in the joyous energy of my pets is special. I never get sick of it, or tired, or bored.

Lots of people talk to animals. Not very many listen, though. That’s the problem ~ Benjamin Hoff

Many spiritual seekers are indeed animal and nature lovers. In fact, many love animals more than humans. Yet, we cannot accept the beauty these moments with animals or nature as “good enough” when it comes to ourselves. Our ego insists we need to be more, do more.

Yes, we humans go crazy trying to be “special” in some indefinable way. We fret over our karma, our life purpose, our “gifts” or spiritual talents. We are sad because we are disappointed with ourselves and our lives, as if we are judge and jury of our Life Path.

If only we could bring as much joy and playfulness into the world as our pets! If it were so easy to do, we would all be doing it all day, not true? Isn’t it enough to consider ourselves as special as each of our pets are in our lives?  Can’t we aim to give as much to the world as dogs do when they wag their tail?

Of course this is an energy we cannot “fake” simply by “being positive” as is so often promoted in alternative spirituality. Dogs do not wag their tail to be or act positive. They wag their tails because they are already in a good space.

Be special to yourself, and to your immediate surroundings including friends, neighbors, family. Be authentically special. Faking positivity means to betray your Self. You are special. You are in a sense a “pet” to an Angel, to a Guardian Spirit, to your Higher Self. Now if we could only be as special to our human Self. If we could only make our Self as happy as our pets make us happy – that would be quite an accomplishment.