This is for all the people who have left an animal " out in the country ". I live in the country and I am the one who gets stuck with the castoffs that you didn't want and refused to accept the responsibility for. This past winter it was a beautiful black longhair. He was quite full of himself , he had probably been the alpha male where ever he came from. It didn't take long. He would show up bloody and beaten. All I can do is feed him so he at least doesn't have to add hunting to his list of new things he needs to learn in order to survive. His right eye is now filmy and his left ear is dangling from his head. How he lived through this winter I will never know. His once beautiful fur is now matted and muddy.
He won't make it too long , you see when an animal is used to be cared for and then throw to the curb when it becomes too much work the trauma caused is as bad as when people use their kids and boot them to the curb when they no longer serve a purpose or a newer , cuter version comes along. Our world is disposable now. Mr Right has become Mr. Right now. Until death do us part has become until I can better trade you. Creating a family has become I don't need a man I just need his sperm and paycheck. I don't like this lifetime, it's not like there isn't cruelty and hardship in all of them but the worst thing about this life to me is the fact that women instead of embracing their femininity while being given more opportunities in the work force have chosen instead to become men. We have indeed lost the war if becoming men is the best we can do. "LADY" has become a useless term applied to hookers and strippers who are anything but. Females justify demeaning them selves by the amount of money they get paid to do it. Men will always be able to see women as inferior as long as we are. As long as a man has a twenty dollar bill in his sweaty hand he will find someone who will do anything for it. My philosophy about women is that there are two types...
There is the waitress. She will work two jobs to take care of her children so she can set a good example and earn their respect. She will make sure they come first.
Then there is the prostitute... She will do no more than she absolutely has to in order to get by , she will usually only have children in order to trap a man and bleed him dry. She pretends her children are the most important thing in the world to her and they are as long as they get her the attention she wants from it.
The prostitute looks down on the waitress as stupid because look how much harder she works when all she has to do is lower herself to the prostitutes level where it is so much easier.
The waitress pities the prostitute as she realizes that every one's bill come due and the prostitute is always surprised to learn she will have to pay.
The smart waitress knows that if it weren't for the hard it wouldn't be as good . And if it weren't for the prostitutes being a waitress wouldn't be special. If it was easy everyone would do it.
Wow I got off track there...So here's to the person who left their pet on the side of the road. He has been cowed and beaten by the forces of nature. He has suffered in ways you couldn't begin to imagine. He's out there now curled up on the bench on my front porch. He feels safe there but he's not. He'll never be safe again. I can't protect him but I will be forced to watch his demise. I get to do this every year. My heart breaks for every one of them. I name them because I try to give them any comfort I can. I call him Onyx. He purrs when I call him.
I don't want to make you feel guilty. Guilt is the worst motivator I have ever known. I don't like assigning guilt and I don't like someone dumping it on me. Stop making others pay for your sins. Just get over yourselves Darling. No it's not guilt I want you to feel , the next time you see a cute little puppy or kitten please stop for just a minute and ask yourself if you are ready for a years long commitment? If not , do the petite bebe a favor and walk on. Use the experience of an unwanted animal and think beyond the moment. Of course you can always improve your karma by asking for forgiveness from your pet if I have imparted a feeling of guilt. Please forgive me if indeed I have caused you any guilt as it was not my intent...
If I forgive today, will this pain go away...
Sometimes you just wish people would think about the consequences of their actions. So if I've made you think , well done me!
Cheers, Amelie
