SAMMY

Eleanor, Edward & Kinna gave us this picture of Sammy.
His smile means that he is happy to stay with them.

Our Animal Friends

My older brother Ned told me many times,
“If you want to know about life and how to live it,
Look at the animals; they know all nature’s rhymes.”
They still have that sacred wisdom ---
The wisdom that was washed from us,
As we ate apple after apple after apple
And fill ourselves with the abrasive detergent of knowledge.

Anyone who is loved by an animal is a very lucky human.
For sure, they would have a friend forever.
That’s their reward for this great endeavor.
The animals are our distant cousins and were the sum total of them all.
Our connection is long and holy,
When we clean out and come home we’d see.
The whole of me is all life’s pleasure,
And I no longer have to roam.
It is so nice at last to be home.

The years behind me always remind me
That we’re a part of a gigantic family.
We are the highest evolved and it’s written on the wall.
Evolution is a great gift for us all.
There is a power that guides us along the way;
One day we will understand.
When we arrive at this point of thought,
It will ripple through the air that
Everyone breathes and fill our every need.

~ Ray Kent
April 07, Plano, Texas