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There is always something adorable to me about a newborn fawn or a freshly hatched duckling or a newborn calf or, in fact, a newborn animal of any kind, including human newborns. They shine; there is a luster about them, a shimmering statement of the freshness they bring to life. To me, the fact that newborn human infants and newborn animal babies of all kinds glow with this ineffable sweetness testifies to our common source. They are born as we are—fresh from the lap of God, wanting to express their qualities in the service of the divine spark within them. They are born, as we are, thirsting for life. They are born, as we are, wanting to be all they are and to become all they can become.

They want to play their part in the universe, live the lives they were born to live. In many ways they remain like babies as they age, even if they grow as big as an elephant, for their lives are always intense with immediacy, rich with emotional and sensory experience.

Animals are part of our world, part of our existence. They give us reasons to celebrate life. They are part of us.

Sometimes they bring us challenges, sometimes they bring us the opportunity to help them, sometimes they bring us companionship. Often, they bring us play, beauty, and laughter as they go about their business of being themselves. What we would miss if they were not here!

“If the stars should appear one night in a thousand, how men would believe and adore!”

So said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Can you imagine how we would feel if such were the fate of animals?