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"Brothers, what we do in 
life... echoes 
in eternity."

~Maximus in 
Gladiator
Click stream to hear 
"Don't Know Much."
Click frogs to hear "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield. 
"Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints 
and very shabby. 

But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." 

~From the Velveteen Rabbit
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by 
                              being  shared.                                                              
                                       ~Buddha
Click cat to hear "Feelin' Alright."  
Click wolf to hear "Wolf Song."
The human emotional system can be broken 
down into roughly two elements: 
Fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.

~ Gary Zukav,  from "Seat Of The Soul" 
“A ship is safe in harbor, but 
that's not what 
ships 
are for.”   
 ~William Shedd 
Click  rainbow to hear  exquisite version "The Prayer" by Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin.
 Listen to the unreal Al Green sing Amazing Grace.-WOW" 
Listen to Choir of St John's College, Cambridge.  Click turtle. 
Listen to "Gimme Shelter."
Click zebras to hear "Rock On."
 Hear  "Taking it to the Streets."
Listen to "Greensleeves." Click on the frog.
Click dolphins to hear "One Love."
Click starfish to hear  soothing
"Reiki Healing Music."
Click fox to hear "When Love Comes to Town."
Click sea to hear India music.
Click red-eyed frog and listen to 
"Amazon Rainforest  Music  Sounds."
If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.” 
 
   ~Win Borden  
Click  tree to hear "Deep Tibetan meditation music"
Watch/Listen "Forgiveness 
& Freedom of Letting Go. "
Click dog to hear  Roy Orbison and 
k d lang sing "Crying."
Click on cat & dog to hear "Take Me Home!"
Listen to ELVIS. "Amazing Grace." Click beautiful horses.
Click swans to hear "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Click dog to hear 
"Dog n God."
Click  bird  
to hear  "Holy Spirit ." 
Click orangutans  to hear Willie Nelson sing "You Were Always on My Mind." 
Listen to meditation music "Japanese garden."
Click Cherry Blossoms. 
Love is a symbol of eternity.  It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.  

You don't have to go looking for love when it's where 
you come from.  
~Werner Erhard
 Prayer of St. Francis 
 
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, 
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy; 

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; 
to be understood as to understand; 
to be loved as to love. 

For it is in giving that we receive; 
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; 
and it is in dying that we are born to 
eternal life.
 
                           ~St. Francis of Asissi
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to 
give it away.

             ~ Elbert  Hubbard
Listen to "African Elephant'"music.
Listen to the Indian sitar in "The Art of Flying."  Click bear.
Listen to 
John Barleycorn
Listen  to  "The Wind, Tears for You.."
      “An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.” 

~Martin Buber
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned,
 worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with   love, grace and gratitude.                 
"As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious."   

~Albert Schweitzer

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into 
finding something to live 
for, great 
enough to die for.

~Dag Hammerskjold
Click poster to see trailer of fantastic film on William Wilberforce, father of the animal protection movement, British philanthropist and a faithful leader of the movement to end  abolish the slave trade.
Click bird to hear 
Ravi Shankar!
"You'll see it when you believe it."
~Wayne Dyer
If you must speak ill of another, do not 
speak it, write it in the sand 
near the water's edge. 

Napoleon Hill 
Peace is not the absence 
of affliction...
but the presence of God. 
Coincidence is just God's way of remaining anonymous. 
~Billy Meyer
Fear knocked at the door. 
Faith answered.
 And lo, no one was there. 
Without our faith, 
we are 
stained glass windows in the dark. 

"Do not pray for easy lives. 
Pray to be stronger men."
                ~John F. Kennedy
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream  precedes the goal.”
Help your brother's boat across, 
and your own will reach the shore.
             - Hindu proverb 
Click flowers to hear "Nature. "
Click butterfly  "Can't Find My Way Home." 
DO IT ANYWAY

People are often unreasonable, illogical, 
And self-centered; 
Forgive them anyway. 

If you are kind, people may accuse you 
Of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway. 

If you are successful, you will win some
False friends and some true enemies; 
Succeed anyway. 

If you are honest and frank; 
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway. 

What you spend years building, 
someone could destroy overnight; 
Build anyway. 

If you find serenity and happiness, 
they may be jealous; 
Be happy anyway. 

The good you do today, 
people will often forget tomorrow; 
Do good anyway. 

Give the world the best you have, 
and it may never be enough; 
Give the world the best you've got anyway. 

You see, in the final analysis 
it is between you and God ...
It was never between you and them anyway.
 
~Mother Teresa 
(26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)


A car is made to run on petrol, 
It won't run properly on anything else.
 God designed the human machine to run on Himself.
                     ~C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute 
of the strong.” 
                                             ~Mahatma Gandhi 

Click giraffes to hear "I Say a Little Prayer."
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Click  tigers  to hear "Classical Gas."
Listen and watch "The Transitus 
of St. Francis of Assisi ."
Click penguins to hear "Always" by 
Stevie Wonder.
Watch beautiful  " Finding Joy."
A PRAYER FOR ANIMALS 


Hear our humble prayer, O God, 
for our friends the animals, especially for animals who are suffering; 

for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; 
for all that will be put to death. 

We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity, and for those who deal with them  we ask a heart of compassion 
and gentle hands and kindly words. 

Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals and so to share the blessings of the merciful.  

~Albert Schweitzer  (1875-1965)

Listen to Michael Smith "Awesome God."
Click stream to hear "Chinese Zen" music with bamboo flute.
Click deer to hear Cheyenne 
 "Bufalo blanco ."
Watch "That'll Do Pig" 
from Babe the Movie.
Click sky to hear "vide cor meum" 
...unforgettable by Patrick Cassidy.
Listen to "Brother Love's Traveling Show." 
Click butterfly to hear "Twilight. "
 “Are you upset little friend? Have you been 
lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...
I'm here. 

The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you. "

                                                  -Charlie Brown to Snoopy
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
                                                                                — Anatole France
Listen to sounds & watch Iguazu Falls 
in Argentina 
Click burros to hear 
" Cast my Fate to the Wind "
Listen to  "Sacrifice."
Click starfish to hear "Somewhere Over Rainbow."
Listen to You Lift Me Up.
 "Athair Ar Neamh "
Have you ever danced in the rain
Or thanked the sun  just for shining...

Take it all in...The world's a show.

            ~Sister Hazel, Change Your Mind"
 All things work together for good to them who love God"
                                    ~Romans 8:28
anima-, anim- + (Latin: animal life, a living being, living; breath; soul; mind) having a spirit, living, “breath of air, air, soul, life”
"One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."
        - Albert Schweitzer 
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
- Albert Schweitzer 
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
                          - E  E. Cummings 

Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events.

The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items...

Which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued into the next yard. 

~Dave Barry
Go the extra mile.  
It's never crowded.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.  

~Albert Schweitzer

God made all the creatures and gave them our love and our fear...

To give sign, we and they are His children, one family here.

~Robert Browning

Click horse to hear "Turn, Turn Turn, 
For Everything there is a Season."
Click calf to hear  beautiful
"Endless Emotion ."
The Animals' 10 Commandments 

1 - My life is likely to last 10-15 (or but a few more) years.. any separation from you will be painful for me. Remember that.

2 - Give me time to understand what you want from me. Don't be impatient, short-tempered, or irritable.

3 - Place your trust in me and I will always trust you back. Respect is earned not given as an inalieable right.

4 - Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment. I am not capable of understanding why? I only know I have been rejected. You have your work, entertainment and friends... I only have you.

5 - Talk to me sometimes, even if I don't understand your words I understand your voice and your tone. "You only have to look at my tail".

6 - Be aware that however you treat me I'll never forget it, and if it's cruel it may affect me forever.

7 - Please don't hit me. I can't hit back.

8 - Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right foods or I've been out in the sun too long, or my heart is getting old and weak. I may be just tired.

9 - Take care of me when I get old. You too will grow old and may also need love, care, comfort, and attention.

10 - Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say, "I can't bear to watch" or "Let it happen in my absence". Everything is easier for me if you are there. Remember, no matter what you do...
I will always love you.


  “We must be silent before we can listen.

We must listen before we can learn.

We must learn before we can prepare.

We must prepare before we can serve.

We must serve before we can lead.”


~William Arthur Ward
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. 

~Winston Churchill 
Click cat to hear "Out of Nothing at All."
Click dog to hear "Gangsta's Paradise." 

Click cat below to read lyrics of the song. 

Click chimp for amazing 
Rembrandt self-portraits.
'"My vocation is love' 
- Mother Theresa 
      “There are three things in life that people like to stare at: a flowing stream, a crackling fire and a Zamboni clearing the ice.”

~Charlie Brown 
In order to end the horror of dogfighting. we must seek to understand ...and then wisely reach and teach. 
Click love birds to hear 
" Elvis."
Click lion to hear Beverly Crawford "It's About Time for a Miracle."
“We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.”

—Qwatsinas

Click on the heart to hear
"The Shape of My Heart."
Click butterfly to hear "Endless Love."
Listen to Fred Hammond sing "He's an Awesome God."
Listen to  BB King and friends
'Why I Sing the Blues.'

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination,,,full of hope."
                             - Maya Angelou 
Listen to "Nobody Greater Than You."
VaShawn Mitchell
"Hold Me, Thrill Me....."
GOD IS LOVE.
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. 


It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a 
vision for tomorrow. "

                                             - Melody Beattie

Listen to Cece "Pray"
Listen to " Choir of King's College, Cambridge."
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