Touching Email about Roxxie

I received a very touching email this morning from Betsy, the one who told me about Home For Life sanctuary in Minnesota.  I've attached the email:

Dear Maria,

Roxxie is lucky to have you.  Unfortunately, so many people abandon their dogs when the going gets tough.  If you sold your place to accomodate your dog, if you got your dog a wheelchair instead of euthanizing her, if you are sticking by her side until an appropriate placement can be found... she is lucky to have you, and you are giving her good care and deserve appreciation for that.  I am always grateful for the people stick with their dogs through thick and thin, just as their dogs would do for them.  And I am willing to bet that if if you are doing all this for her, I bet you are lucky to have her too.  I bet she is an amazing dog that gives all the love she's got back to you, and for everthing she has been through, there is not one bit of broken spirit in her.  Dogs are soooooooooo resilient.  It's amazing.  I wish you both the best of luck.  If she gets to Minnesota before I do, I would like to meet her.  If I get there before she does, I will let you know about the facility if they let me visit.  We will keep in touch.

Betsy

She is a complete stranger in a sense... I don't know her and I've never met her.  But she is also not a stranger because we are all "connected" to each other in some way.  When we can reside in that "knowing" we can all be there for each other even if we have never met in person.  Emotions and feelings are universal and that is a common thread that we all share.  This email touched me on so many levels.  I guess I really needed to hear all the kind things that she said.  I emailed her back and told her that.  

It's so interesting how a small gesture and some kind words can really have such a big impact on us.  It doesn't take too much to make someone's day.  I mean it is quite beautiful that a small gesture could make someone's day.  If we take that to be true, why don't we do it more often?  Why don't we smile at each other more often or make eye contact and say hello as we pass each other?  I bet if we can live from the knowing that we are all connected, we may want to connect more with each other...or maybe not.  I dunno.  But I find it sad that we live in a society where we lead such disconnected lives within ourselves and with each other.  I guess the best we can do is to begin the change within ourselves -- the more we are open and put ourselves out there the more we can effect a change and maybe create a domino effect.  As Gandhi puts it, "Be the change you wish to see in the world".