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Angel Animals Story of the Week, 2-17-07, "Cat Converters"
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Allen Anderson
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Apr 20, 2007 23:10 PDT
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Angel Animals Story of the Week
February 17, 2007
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Dear Friends of Angel Animals,
Welcome to the Angel Animals Story of the Week.
Sunshine relaxes on Wednesday. He has the house, the mantle, and
quality time to spend singing his song, getting his bath, riding on our
shoulders, and looking out the window. Our dog Leaf is at doggie day
care on Wednesdays playing with other dogs and watching Animal Planet on
TV.
Sunshine is getting up there in age. Ever since he lost his mate
Sparkle, he has seemed lonely. Yet he's not the kind of bird who likes
to share his private space with anyone else. Sparkle was the exception.
This meant that we became his flock.
After we adopted Leaf to become part of our family, Sunshine initially
enjoyed all the drama with the new dog and the avenging cats. He
watched as if intrigued by a Made-for-TV movie as the three other
animals worked out their relationship. But Wednesdays are HIS day.
Do your animals have a special day?
We hope you enjoy this week's story about a kitten who transformed a
petless woman into an animal activist.
Email this newsletter in its entirety to your animal loving friends and
encourage them to sign up for our weekly publication. They will be
joining a terrific community of thousands of like-minded from people
around the world.
Animal blessings,
Allen & Linda Anderson
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STORY OF THE WEEK
CAT CONVERTERS
By Jessica Maysack
We had a cat when I was growing up, but I had never owned a pet as an
adult. I was never an animal lover. I couldn't understand those who
treated their pets as family. I really thought they were all a little
off. They would tell their stories, and my response would be: Well, I
would never run over an animal. Still, I didn't want my sister's or
friends' pets anywhere near my stuff or me.
Two and one-half years ago, I brought home a kitten. I thought it would
be nice to have someone to come home to. And how my life has changed!
Emma is my "child." She has an in-your-face attitude. She cracks me
up. I cannot imagine my life without her. Watching Emma, I realized
that she is a living, breathing being. My attitude has completely
changed. I am now a vegetarian and animal activist.
My dream is to buy a farm with several acres to house rescued animals.
Last July, I brought home a sister for Emma. Sammie's parents could not
take her along when they moved to New York City. Sammie is the total
opposite of Emma -- laidback and cool.
This past Christmas I took my sister's Lab-a-doodle for a walk and
played with him in the park (and the cold) for an hour. My family and
friends are amazed by my transformation. I will never live in a
pet-free home again.
BIO:
Jessica Maysack lives in Arlington Heights., Illinois. She works as an
administrative assistant at a mortgage company. Since her
transformation into an animal lover, she has become a vegetarian, animal
activist, and a volunteer with Adopt-A-Pet. She says, "My
family is still wondering when the aliens took over my body. :)
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
When did the aliens take over your body and convert you into an animal
lover?
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ANGEL ANIMALS QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"Just as a stream flows smoothly on as long as it encounters no
obstruction, so the nature of man and animal is such that we never
really notice or become conscious of what is agreeable to our will; if
we are to notice something, our will has to have been thwarted, has to
have experienced a shock of some kind."
--Arthur Schopenhauer
"It is a matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical
animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and
disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he
finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave."
--Theophile Gautier
"Having horses in my life has allowed me to see the inner souls of so
many people in ways I never would have dreamed of. My heart soars when
I see a horse run free in a field; my mind is at peace when I see our
HUGE draft horse quietly accepting pats from a child in a wheelchair.
To see the smiles of my daughters and feel the love in their hearts when
they enter the barn and hug their own horses knows no bounds. I am
thankful for the nickers of our therapy horses when they see school
children piling off the bus and coming towards the barn. Most of all,
horses make us feel accepted and loved unconditionally. We could all
use more of that everyday!"
--Barbara Ford, Founder and Executive Director, Equi-kids Therapeutic
Riding Program, Virginia Beach
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
NEW CONTEST
Do You Know a Dog Who Has Found a Purpose in Life?
Do you have a dog who demonstrates what it means and how fulfilling it
is to have a life's purpose? Have you lived with a dog who performs
some type of physical, emotional, or spiritual services for you or
others? Have you had a miraculous o r mystical experience with a dog
who teaches others how to give without expecting a return? Has a dog
provided an example of purpose that inspired you to find your true
calling?
Submit your maximum 2,000-word true story to the 2007 Angel Dogs at Work
Contest. Allen and Linda Anderson, authors of God's Messengers, Angel
Cats, Angel Dogs, Rainbows & Bridges, Rescued: Saving Animals from
Disaster, and Angel Horses offer this contest to honor the spiritual
connection between humans and dogs who give service to life.
The Andersons are sponsoring this contest to help them find potential
stories for publication in their upcoming book, Angel Dogs at Work:
Divine Messengers Who Found Their Life's Purpose. One grand prize of
$250 will be awarded to the first-place winner. A second-place prize of
$25.00 will be awarded to an additional five contestants. There is no
entry fee. The contest begins on February 15, 2007, and submissions must
be postmarked on or prior to July 15, 2007. Complete contest rules and
entry form are at www.angelanimals.net/awards.html
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
New World Library is offering a 20 percent discount on ALL New World
Library titles ordered through its website by February 28, 2007. The
address is www.newworldlibrary.com. The discount code is ALLBOOKS.
Please enter the code on the order page
New World Library has always been proud to bring vital new voices it
feels counterbalance an increasingly homogenized corporate publishing
world. Through the years reader support has helped propel many of its
authors and titles to the bestseller lists -- authors such as Eckhart
Tolle, Dan Millman, Deepak Chopra, Shakti Gawain, Richard Carlson. The
success of its books has allowed the company to do exactly what
publisher Marc Allen set out to do in 1977: "Publish books that change
lives."
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BOOKS by Allen and Linda Anderson:
RESCUED: Saving Animals from Disaster
(www.rescuedsavinganimals.net)
ANGEL HORSES: Divine Messengers Hope
ANGEL DOGS: Divine Messengers of Love
RAINBOWS & BRIDGES: An Animal Companion Memorial Kit
ANGEL CATS: Divine Messengers of Comfort
GOD'S MESSENGERS: What Animals Teach Us about the Divine
ANGEL ANIMALS: Exploring Our Spiritual Connection with Animals.
All of Allen and Linda's books are available at online or regular
bookstores, some Costco stores, and at many gift shops that sell animal
books, and through www.newworldlibrary.com, which offers discounts for
purchasing multiple books. Angel Horses, Angel Dogs, and Angel Cats are
also available at One Spirit Book Club.
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OTHER INFORMATION
The Angel Animals Network is devoted to collecting and disseminating
original, true stories about the spiritual connection between people and
animals. You can learn more about the Angel Animals at
www.angelanimals.net.
If you send this newsletter to others (and we hope that you will),
please don't change it in anyway and include the information above about
the Angel Animals Network. Thank you.
This newsletter is sent to you by the Angel Animals Network. Copyright
2007, Allen and Linda Anderson, Angel Animals Network. All rights
reserved. Nothing in this newsletter may be reproduced or published
without the written permission of the individual authors and/or
copyright owners. Angel Animals(r) is a registered trademark.
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