from Nan and Early
 
re-posted by permission from a dog list:
 
"I am an Animal Rescuer"
 
My job is to assist God's creatures.
 
I was born with the drive to fulfill their needs.
 
I take in helpless, unwanted, homeless creatures without planning or
selection.
 
I have patted many a mangy head with a bare hand.
 
I have hugged someone vicious and afraid.
 
I have fallen in love a thousand times.
 
And I have cried into the fur of a lifeless body too many times to
count.
 
I want to live forever if there aren't animals in Heaven, but I
believe there are.  Why would God make something so perfect and
leave it behind?
 
Some may think we are masters of the animals, but the animals have
mastered themselves... something people still haven't learned.
 
War and abuse make me hurt for the world, but a rescue gives me hope
for mankind.
 
We rescuers are a mostly quiet but determined army, and we are making
a difference every day.
 
There is nothing more necessary than warming an orphan, nothing more
rewarding than saving a life, and no higher recognition than watching
them thrive.
 
There is no greater joy than seeing a human or non-human baby play
who, only days ago, was too weak to eat.
 
By the love of those who I've been privileged to rescue, I have been
rescued.
 
I know what true unconditional love really is, for I've seen it
shining in the eyes of so many, grateful for so little.
 
I am an Animal Rescuer.
 
My work is never done.
 
My home is never quiet.
 
My heart is always full.
[Posted in FML issue 5120]