Why Are There So Many Animal Stories?

Several months ago I was watching Mark Nepo on the Oprah Winfrey network (OWN).  I don't remember how the topic came around to animals but evidently Mark asked a Native American elder why there were so many animal stories.  The wise elder responded:

Maddie

"Animals never forget their original instructions, but human beings do.  So we need animals in our lives to remember the constancy of love, to be present, to be immediate to heaven here on earth."

Maddie & Tigger in back of truck on way to Tucson last winter

How true is this? Can you relate? I sure can.

Maddie's favorite activity in the world!

Along those lines Rev. Ed Bacon, also on the OWN network commented that animals "have this power to show us our true selves."

The ever-present Tigger

Where on earth would we be without the animals in our lives?

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Scottsdale Relationships Examiner: "MAGGIE Is A Touching & Personal Insight Into What A Dog Can Do For A Human"

Robin Cain writes for the Scottsdale Examiner about relationships and about what moves her. I am fortunate that my book, MAGGIE the dog who changed my life, moved her, because she wrote about it yesterday in The Scottsdale Examiner. Here's part of what Robin had to say:

"Reading about Maggie, I was reminded of just how little animals ask of us and how much they give us in return. How their non-verbal ways of communicating somehow tell us everything we need to know and how, through them, we become better people. The relationships they form are very simple and uncluttered. We, as humans, should try and learn more from them.

I won’t tell you Maggie’s story – you should read it for yourself – but I will tell you it’s a touching and personal insight to what a dog can do for a human. Written from the heart as a tribute to one creature that truly taught the author a lesson in love, MAGGIE the dog who changed my life speaks to all of us who, at one time or another, have shared that special bond."

You can read Robin Cain's full article, Pets: A Lesson in Fortune, in the September 21, 2009 article in The Scottsdale Relationships Examiner.

I encourage you to follow Robin's 'from the heart' column. And Robin, thank you for reading MAGGIE and letting our relationship touch you. That was my hope for readers in writing it.

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Dawn Kairns
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