ANIMAL RESCUER'S CREED
 
I'll never bring about world peace.
 
I won't single-handedly save the rain forest.
 
I'm not a brain surgeon and I'll never transplant an organ to save a life.
 
I don't have the ear of a powerful politician or world power.
 
I can't end world hunger.
 
I'm not a celebrity, and God knows I'm not glamorous!
 
I'm not looked up to by millions around the world.
 
Very few people even recognize my name.
 
I'll never win the Nobel prize or end global warming.
 
There are a lot of things that I'll never do or become.
 
But today I helped place an animal!
 
It was a small, scared, bundle of flesh and fur that was dumped at a
shelter, or on the streets by unfeeling people who didn't care what
happened to it, but yet who were responsible for it having existence in
the first place.
 
I helped find it a loving home.
 
It now has contentment and an abundance of love.
 
A warm place to sleep and plenty to eat.
 
Two little girls have a warm and playful new friend who will give them
unending affection and teach them about responsibility and love.
 
A wife and mother has a new free spirit to cuddle, nurture and care for.
 
A husband and father has a furry friend to sit in his lap at the end of a
hard day of work and help him relax and enjoy life.
 
And a sense of satisfaction, that when he is gone all day at work, that
there is a gentle spirit in his home keeping watch over his family.
 
No, I'm not a rocket scientist.  But today, I made a difference!
 
And I'll do it tomorrow, too, if given a chance.
 
-Author Unknown-
[Posted in FML issue 4170]