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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

Like how to take naps - and when - and for how long.

And how to sit quietly and watch the world pass by for a while.

How to play with careless abandon.

How to comfort and snuggle. And how NOT to . . .

And how to be content with the day, the place, the time - just as it is in the present. No worries, no fears.

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Cool.

But you forgot to mention what kitties can teach us about yoga.

[Smile]

Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

That's awful!!!!

[ROFL]

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

Yeah, but secretly I bet every guy wishes he could do that. [Smile]

Shan, you have to load more pictures of Pepper on Foobonic!

Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :

Horses teach me patience. 'Specially stud colts and the people who own them.

They also teach me things about body language, theirs and mine.

Ni!

Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :

And who could forget, they can teach us how to shoot people.

But seriously, I want to adopt that dog. And the whole incident makes me believe in Karma just that much more.

Feyd Baron, DoC

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I am sorry that there is no source for this quote, but someonoe posted it on another list, and I thought it might fit in this thread.

quote:
That animals touch us in a deep, central place is not a modern-day
phenomenon, but one that pervades the history of the human-animal
relationship. We sense that we can benefit spiritually in our
relationship with animals, and we are right. They offer us something
fundamental: a direct and immediate sense of both the joy and wonder
of creation.

We recognize that animals seem to feel more intensely and purely than
we do. Perhaps we yearn to express ourselves with such abandon and
integrity. Animals fully reveal to us what we already glimpse: it is
feeling -- and the organization of feeling -- that forms the core of
self. We also sense that through our relationship to animals we can
recover that which is true within us and, through the discovery of
that truth, find our spiritual direction.

Quite simply, animals teach us about love: how to love, how to enjoy
being loved, how loving itself is an activity that generates more
love, radiating out and encompassing an ever larger circle of others.

Edit: Found it!
http://www.innerself.com/Miscellaneous/animals.htm

[ September 11, 2004, 08:52 AM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

..plus some of them taste real good! [Razz]

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

They've also taught me that it's OK to play with your food as long as it's moving.

Once the food stops moving, playing should stop and eating should start. [Wink]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

A friend of mine was walking around the county fair last night, eating a gyro sandwich. She wandered into the cow barn, and said she felt more than a little uncomfortable there with all the cows staring at her and her sandwich.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

A real gyro is supposed to have mutton in it...

Posted by IvyGirl (Member # 6252) on :

I've learned a lot. Like how to leap four feet up vertically. And how to get people to do what I want, as well as how to do something stupid such as fall and make it graceful and intelligent looking. [Big Grin]

Ivygirl

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

One of the most valuable things I learned from animals is to pick up food that's fallen on the floor quickly and eat it right away, before somebody steps on it.

Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :

"A friend of mine was walking around the county fair last night, eating a gyro sandwich. She wandered into the cow barn, and said she felt more than a little uncomfortable there with all the cows staring at her and her sandwich."

One of my perverse pleasures is feeding chicken nuggets to pigeons. [Evil]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

vwiggin,
Thank you. I now have an image of pigeon nuggets in a little fry basket.

Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

Ohhh, can you imagine the cholesterol count for those poor, helpless pigeons?

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Shan,
As nuggets, or as chicken-eating live birds?

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Geese have taught me that if you travel in large groups - and are aggressive, obnoxious, loud and poop wherever you want, there are people who will actually encourage you to come around by leaving food out.

Others, though, will yell at you, beat you off with a stick, and even try to run you down with their car.

(Note to self: Hose down front of vehicle)

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Dogs have taught me that you can get away with an awful lot as long as you are good at looking really guilty when caught.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Geese have taught ME the meaning of the term "To Goose." However, the goose version of the "goose" is not quite as pleasant as a goose received from a loved one.

[ September 12, 2004, 07:56 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]

Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

*snicker* as the latter, Elizabeth, as the latter . . .