Daily Inspiration: January 17, 2022

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:  I choose to honor and respect all animals. As humans, we tend to think we are superior or more advanced than animals. We may think we are higher on the evolutionary scale than insects. But, are we? Bees have a whole social and communication system that we might learn from. So do ants. And what about the unconditional love we receive from our pets? They are much more advanced than us on the "love scale". We may think that animals are here to serve us, but perhaps we are the ones who are here to serve them by providing them love, food, and shelter. By learning to honor and respect animals, big and small, we can also learn how to honor and respect ourselves and other human beings. Animals can be our teachers if we will just open our eyes and our heart to them. When we encounter any animals, including insects, we can honor and respect them by asking ourselves: What can I learn from this creature? What can it teach me? We may be surprised and in awe of the answer. Today's Daily Inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article: The Blessings of the Entire Nature Kingdom Written by Marie T. Russell Read the complete article here. This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf, wishing you a day of respecting the animal kingdom (today and every day) Join me again tomorrow for the Daily Inspiration and focus of the day. Today, we choose to honor and respect all animals. * * * * *