Teaching a child the value of all living creatures.

Sometimes I wonder, why people keep treating animals like if they don't had any value in life? Perhaps, some people didn't learned to have any value to other species from childhood. Maybe, someone forgot to teach those children, how wonderful animals are, and how amazing could be their bond of friendship.

Being a mother has always been a great responsibility, teaching a child the importance & the value of another sentient being, have been the most important issue for me.

If a child understands that all living beings on Earth are as valuable as he is, certainly will have a noble soul, full of compassion, & would never do any harm to any sentient being.


I will like to share some quotes that gave me so many lessons of how just a single word could make such an impact in our lives ...

"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals" ~ Immanual Kant

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ~ Martin Buber

"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals" ~ Anonymous

"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France

"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans" ~ James Herriot

"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity". ~ George Bernard Shaw

“The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as now they look upon the murder of men.” Leonardo Da vinci

“The love of all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” Charles Darwin

“The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but rather, 'Can they suffer?'” Jeremy Bentham

"We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace". ~Albert Schweitzer

"Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation" ~ Michael Jackson

"It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them" ~ Dalai Lama

"Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

"Have you ever wondered, who owned & ruled the Earth before human presence?" ~ Ailed Rivera

“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.” Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce

"There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties.… The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery". ~ Charles Darwin

"Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself". ~ James A. Froude

"Now I can look at you in peace; I don’t eat you anymore". ~ Franz Kafka, while admiring fish in an aquarium

"Only when the last tree has been cut down. Only when the last river has been poisoned. Only when the last fish has been caught. Only then ... you will find that money cannot be eaten.” ~ Proverb, American Indian.

Here's a lovely story of Christian the Lion, a story that always makes me cry, not of sadness, but of happiness.

Cree Indian Prophecy

Warriors of the Rainbow

Last century an old wise woman of the Cree Indian nation, named "Eyes of Fire", had a vision of the future. She prophesied that one day, because of the white mans' or Yo-ne-gis' greed, there would come a time, when the earth being ravaged and polluted, the forests being destroyed, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, the fish being poisoned in the streams, and the trees would no longer be, mankind as we would know it would all but cease to exist. There would come a time when the "keepers of the legend, stories, culture rituals, and myths, and all the Ancient Tribal Customs" would be needed to restore us to health, making the earth green again. They would be mankind's key to survival, they were the "Warriors of the Rainbow". There would come a day of awakening when all the peoples of all the tribes would form a New World of Justice, Peace, Freedom and recognition of the Great Spirit.
The "Warriors of the Rainbow" would spread these messages and teach all peoples of the Earth or "Elohi". They would teach them how to live the "Way of the Great Spirit". They would tell them of how the world today has turned away from the Great Spirit and that is why our Earth is "Sick".

The "Warriors of the Rainbow" would show the peoples that this "Ancient Being" (the Great Spirit), is full of love and understanding, and teach them how to make the "Earth or Elohi" beautiful again. These Warriors would give the people principles or rules to follow to make their path light with the world. These principles would be those of the Ancient Tribes. The Warriors of the Rainbow would teach the people of the ancient practices of Unity, Love and Understanding. They would teach of Harmony among people in all four corners of the Earth.

Like the Ancient Tribes, they would teach the peoples how to pray to the Great Spirit with love that flows like the beautiful mountain stream, and flows along the path to the ocean of life. Once again, they would be able to feel joy in solitude and in councils. They would be free of petty jealousies and love all mankind as their brothers, regardless of color, race or religion. They would feel happiness enter their hearts, and become as one with the entire human race. Their hearts would be pure and radiate warmth, understanding and respect for all mankind, Nature and the Great Spirit.