Touching Animal Souls

#plasticfreejuly The challenge was presented, and I tentatively said:  "I am up for it."  With good intentions.  This is what I learned. Firstly WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ANIMALS?  A few things.  Indulge me. IN GENERAL:  If you know me, you will know that I am constantly playing mind games.  The game I am currently playing is getting to know my habits and belief systems to see how they may be limiting my relationships with the animals in my life.  I thought that going plastic free would be easy.  I thought I knew what my relationship with plastic was all about.   Well.  I was wrong... SPECIFICALLY: Plastic is an environmental threat.  Not just litter that could be swallowed, or toxins in its creation or disposal that are pollutants, or the fact that it probably never breaks down, but also from a climate change point of view.  I know you all know the stories of the big bad P word and all it has done.....

Perhaps - every moment we have is engrained on our souls.  Like lines on an old LP record.  They stick there and create the joy, or sadness, or fear or hope that becomes us.  Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where the LP record become stuck.  Because there is a scratch in our experience.  Playing a feeling over and over.  Waiting for someone to come and lift the diamond tip into the next groove.  Question - do we need to be rescued? Answer - No.  Our diamond tips are perfectly capable of moving if we are able to recognise that scratch. All that is really required, is to shake it off.  Put the words and stories down, and simply hear the music.  A moment today where I felt very scratchy.  Till I looked into the eyes of a loved few - animals and people.  Cried tears of scratchiness.  Then jumped, grew quiet, and felt some music again. All in a moment.