Posted by PhoenixGirl on September 18, 2004, at 22:41:46
In reply to Trying to save the unsavable (my life mission?), posted by Shadowplayers721 on September 18, 2004, at 16:05:23
Shadowplayer, I have some thoughts for you, and this is coming from someone who just spend $600 in vet bills on a cat I just adopted. (Money I needed for college). I believe that I was not taken care of by the people I needed, and saving other people and animals is a deep-rooted way of saving myself. That is certainly a large part of the reason we do these things, I believe. People with the "saving" complex needed to be saved, but were not, which led to lasting emotional pain.
This may sound like a "selfish" motive, but like I was saying, I think it is a big part of the explanation, but not the entire explanation. I think it's beautiful what we do. It's empathy and love! It's like a gift that suffering gave to us. Life can be pretty ironic.
Here is an example: Brigitte Bardot, the famous French actress, was terribly mistreated by her parents. They were very distant and unloving, and told her that they didn't consider her their daughter. She was very lonely as a teen, and adopted a cat. She said that the cat saved her at that time, giving her emotional connection and love. When in her prime, she gave up fame and fortune to become an animal rights activist, which she has been doing passionately for decades now. She lives on a farm with dozens of animals. What do you think led to her passion to help the animals? I think I know the answer....
> There seems like a common repeating pattern in my life. I will find an animal that is seriously ill. I mean it seems like I keep trying to save the unsavable. I will find a dog that is starving next door or a cat seriously injured walks up to me. I try to get it help, but the dog has been starved too long and the cat has feline leukemia. Recently (Friday), someone threw a kitten out of their SUV in front of my car and took off. Of course, I stopped, because I will not hit the little helpless animal. I put it in a cage for a day and noticed it appeared sick, so I brought it to a vet today. Doc said it has upper respiratory problem, urinary infection, mites, and possibly a heart condition. Kitten should be checked for feline leukemia too. But the doc said he would give the kitten some antibotics over the weekend and that I didn't have to make any decisions until Monday. I already have two cats and recently a dog that was given to me. I have this feeling that I will have to put this little angel down like the others in my life that were too sick to be saved or adopted by others. I am sick of this. If life is trying to teach me something, what is it? This is getting to be a pattern.
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