Your donations and support are vital to fulfilling the dream that we all share of a more compassionate world where all of us, both human and non-human can walk, fly, or swim on this Earth in peace and happiness.

History has proven that one person can change the world. Can you imagine what we could do together? Our community in Westchester County harbors the leaders of the world in commerce and power. Let us also be the leaders in kindness and integrity.

As human beings, we now have the ability to change our natural world. We can save it or destroy it. Caring individuals, joining together, is our only hope for the future. Animal Nation was created out of this hope.

We Are Their Heroes

       If you worry that you have not made a difference, you have. For only those who do not worry about it have not. If you feel overwhelmed, if the weight of problems is too heavy to bear, remember it is a shared burden and the strength of numbers can accomplish much.

If you consider that we cannot save them all, and what difference does one make? You ought to know the joy of the one who is saved.  Mourn those we cannot save, it is a eulogy to their being.  Do not let their loss be in vain.

Be proud of your accomplishments, not your opinions.  The quality of your efforts is more important that the quantity.

Forgive your own deficiencies- sometimes your caring is sufficient.  Everyone can do something, it is up to you to do the thing you can. A kind word and a gently touch can change a life.

If anger wells up within you, because people are the problem, remember your humanity and that people are also the solution.  Concentrate on specific needs, pay attention to the individual- they make up the whole.

See beyond the unlovable, the unattractive, the impure and the wounded- see that their spirit is as deserving as the rest.  Help them heal.  Their eyes are the windows to their soul and the mirror of your sincerity.

All species, all beings, share this Earth in a chain of life. Care more about what makes us alike than what separates us.  Policies, rules and regulations are not infallible.  Apply them judiciously, interpret them wisely;

Listen to your heart. Sometimes we have to do that which we are most afraid of.  Be true to yourself and your beliefs.  Family may abandon you, friends may disappoint you, strangers will ridicule you.  People shun what they do not understand. Help them to understand- kindly, softly, gently. Those who do not respect all life are to be pitied.  Often the wrongdoer is as in need of help as his victims.  Forgive, then teach by example.  Educate yourself or you cannot hope to teach others.  No action based on hatred is ever right and anger drowns out wisdom.

Yours may be a voice crying in the wilderness; make it a voice to be respected. Listen more than you talk, be courteous and reliable.  Learn to ask for help.  Never waiver from the truth.  Know that it takes a lot of strength to cry and with every defeat, we learn. 

The Children are our hope - nurture them.  Nature is our legacy - protect it.  The Animals are our brethren - learn from them.

Your rewards will not be material, but they will be meaningful, and the courage of your convictions can survive anything.  No matter how dark the storm clouds, or deep the pain of heartbreak- never forget ; We are their heroes.
   
“We are Their Heroes” is excerpted from a longer poem of the same name from the beautifully inspirational book “Pieces of My Heart; Writings Inspired by Animals in Nature”, by Jim Willis.  You can contact Jim by e-mailing him at tiergartenjim@yahoo.com

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