I am sharing this delightful, touching, and inspiring message from Andrea Gibson and Meg Falley two of my favorite humans. In addition to giving some great advice about how to write a love poem to a homo sapien, they have reminded me that I can write one for my animal family as well. So here is one for Gabby with whom I shared a love filled, 14-year journey. RIP my sweet girl. You are ALWAYS in my heart.. FOR GABBY There was a soul, small and perfectly comfortable in herself, who walked this earth with quiet paws. She taught me these simple lessons: Love yourself. Love the planet and those who share it with you. Love the time you have been given. Never forget - Love is eternal P.S. Please share any poems you've written for your animal family. Happy Valentine's Day dear ones. Jenahttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1W3xkHN7mK/

Today I spent many hours of my day saving wild lifes. The rain that in this days overflowed the grasses made a bad joke to the frogs that layed their precious carge of eggs in the shallow water instead of in the canals of the pond. The water percoled under the soil leaving hundreds eggs dry on the grasses. So I spent hours to pick groups of eggs up, one by one and put them in the higher water to ensure the tadpoles the survival. In 4 hours I collected 500 spawns of frog, each containing several hundreds eggs.To crowl in the mud in a race against the time to save the eggs from drying it has been very tiring but fulfilling too. We often live our life far from wildlife. But when we have special opportunities to get in contact with it and help it to thrive is like we find again our role in the net of life.

As someone who seriously and persistently lived to be in water (I would sneak into our neighbor's yard to swim in their pool at night. And yes, I got into A LOT of trouble for doing it), this photographer's work captivates me. The ocean was the main reason living in Hawaii was wonderful. You can see and feel the life surging within the water in this video. How do you feel about water and the ocean in particular? Is there a particular place you like to swim? https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=25345651715130534

This week's essay from the Whales in My Backyard series is live. I hadn't read it in awhile and was a little surprised by how raw the memories remain. I've been working on the section in the first Wild Dialogs course (almost done) that describes the different ways the left and right hemispheres of our brains process information. One (the left ) is time based and linear. The other (the right) exists in the eternal now and is associative. Can you guess which side of my brain was working overtime when I wrote this? Out of curiosity, have any of you ever spent any time out on the ocean far from land? How about deep sea fishing? https://www.skool.com/wild-dialogs-2031/classroom/2e3b103e

This is a fundamental truth that I believe applies to humans as well as animals. If you look at what is called the "civilized" world today you realize that most humans are living "lives of quiet desperation." They're disconnected from nature, and their imaginations and creativity lie dormant and unused. Most humans have been taught that making money and buying things will make them happy - that they must compare themselves to and compete with others to make that money and buy those things. But it's never enough, is it? Meanwhile the wilderness that lives in all our cells is howling - recalling us to our Essence. Listen! https://gyazo.com/d2026cbcfd7013dff5674413cb1bebc4