From Amber Donkey:
Today on the farm, we are experiencing another weather system moving through. The wind is lashing at the barn as it stands resolute in its being our home, our energy holding it strong. The trees outside the barn are dancing lightly in the wind, knowing when to bend, when to give, and understanding that change is simply a movement and neither an ending nor beginning. It is winter in this great land we call home. It has been a cold winter and one with lots of snow, and yet, we weather this with the understanding and gratitude that we may feel the energy of the earth moving across her great expanse. The wind that comes today brings with it the energy from far west. The snow forms uniquely from our own water sources, but the wind brings with it a history. It is both old and new combined into one system. It is earth and sky. It is past and future.
In places before us, this same wind brought damage as things broke beneath its force. People died. Animals died. Trees died. Yet, the wind is not the bringer of havoc. It is simply the force of life moving. When that force meets constraints and gets bottled up, or bunched up, the force turns inward, spinning on its own energy, yet still seeking to move forward. All of life, every energy, every force, strives to move forward. Movement is the natural force of life. When energy ceases to move, it no longer lives on the earth plane. Constrained wind force then becomes very powerful on its path. Once it finds its way to move free again, it spreads out in its enormity and weakens in its focus. The more open focused we all can become, the less we will see these bottled up weather patterns emerge with ferocity. Whether they be over land or sea, the effect is still the same. Energy is energy and it will always flow. The conditions for which it moves though can be affected by all of us. As we expand our awareness, and as we encompass the rest of life within our circle, we will see these weather patterns follow suit and spread out as well. The more they spread out, the weaker the force that hits the ground. Violence is always the gift of beauty turned inside out until the force becomes unrecognizable and the effect the polar opposite of its natural expression. It is the same force that turns the gentleness of a breeze into the force of a deadly tornado. Be aware. Your energy affects everything around you.
Talk to the wind and become friends with the force for which the wind travels. Embrace the energy of the life force and that force will comfort your heart. Let the wind move the change you yearn for into or out of your life. We can look at the snow fall and feel great coldness and the still of winter. Or we can look at the flakes for the unique beauty that each one brings as it creates itself anew from a water droplet. We can wrap ourselves in that beauty or we can curse the cold until the warmth of spring. Every season is a breath of the Earth herself. Each breath brings life and a moment for the Earth to take what she needs for nourishment. Curse neither the season nor the gifts each brings. Welcome them and you will reunite your heartbeat with that of the Earth.
This is living life awake and as a participant. It is being a part of the family of the Earth.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Keeping The Vision for 2009
As we look to this new year of 2009, we take another look at the vision of Spring Farm CARES.
(From our website, www.springfarmcares.org )
By Dawn Hayman
We welcome this new year and this new season of Hope for humanity! We are looking forward with eager anticipation to all the changes and opportunities that lay ahead, not just us at the farm, but for all of mankind. This is perhaps the grandest opportunity for greatness that man has ever faced. We have crossed the threshold into a vision of a new world. And we, all of us, are the keepers of that vision. We are the creators of that experience. We are the dreamers creating the dream and bringing it into reality as we awaken. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for to save us, and our earth, from destruction. That moment is now. The heroes are right within each one of us.
At Spring Farm CARES, we realized the importance of reaffirming our vision for the work we are carrying forward. A vision that began forming 18 years ago and has not dimmed but has grown brighter, stronger, and more resilient over the years. Someone once told us on our ten year anniversary that they remembered talking to us with a group of leaders of other non-profit groups and asking us what our goals were back in our first year of operation. She told us that when they walked away from the meeting they all felt sorry for us at how delusional we were. “A couple of dreamers,” they said, “wait until reality hits them. They won’t last more than a year.” Ten years later, that person said to us, “Ladies, not only are you still here but do you realize that you have accomplished every goal on your list at that time? We once felt sorry for you, now we are asking how you did it.”
This is a powerful reminder about the importance of believing, trusting, having faith, but most of all never giving up on the vision coming from our hearts. It is not just about the farm. Not just about the organization we founded. This is about all of humanity. From the beginning, our grandest vision was to help reconnect mankind with all of nature. It was to be a part of the Oneness of Life. Yes, certainly it is about helping animals. But it is also about helping people. Because the animals taught us very quickly that humans were the ones that most needed to shift and that is what they wanted to do and who they wanted to reach. We then wanted to give the animals a place to work their magic and then we wanted to reach more than just those of you who could come to the farm. Our vision is so much larger than any one of us. It is greater than the combined efforts of the humans and animals who call this farm home. It comes from our hearts, human and animal alike, and it comes from the sacred land of this farm. The greatest compliment given to us is that we are a group of dreamers. Because dreaming is the language of the heart and soul. It is the power behind every vision and the secret of every visionary. And if we do this right, the dream will forever be new and fresh and recreated in all that we do.
We are in hard times right now. But adversity is always dimmed by hope. In spite of the current economy, the decrease in our income, the increase in expenses, we chose to continue to hold on to the vision. We are looking at our budget and cutting back where we can. We see now even more than before the importance of our being as self-sufficient and as light on the Earth as we can be. We will continue to pursue that way of life.
We strive to continue the services and programs we have in place to help so many animals in need. We have helped pay for the spay/neuter of nearly 65,000 dogs and cats in our area and still we are experiencing the pain of animal overpopulation. Over 100 orphaned kittens came to us in 2008 alone. But we must keep the vision and the hope and faith that this will change.
We strive to continue to offer sanctuary to the 250 animals in our care. Animals who are reaching out to thousands of people every year with their hearts and wisdom. We will give them the best care we have to offer, as they give back so much to all of us.
We strive to continue the magnificent work of our Nature Sanctuary, a 200 acre microcosm of the Earth, and a working example of the healing that can be done if only we listen to nature around us.
We strive to continue to reach out through education to the children in our area to teach them about what the animals have to say. The children get this information readily. They have been reaching out to us in record numbers offering all kinds of help and assistance. It is one of the most heartwarming things we have experienced. The children get it. They are our future.
We strive to continue to network with other organizations who are also working on the issues we deal with. It is through networking that the web of life operates. People are starting to realize this more and more. We see the miracles and magic of many hearts linking up with a common goal here all the time. Whether it is to help just one animal in need or a whole community, the power of joining together cannot be under estimated.
And we strive to keep the communication lines open between animals, nature, and humanity. We hope to continue to be the source of inspiration that many of you have found. We want to keep the connection between spirit and heart alive and flowing. And we want to share all we can.
The reality is that it costs us about $2,800 per day to keep our operation going. The 250 animals in our care depend on us to be here. But more than that, are the many thousands more we help each year through our outreach programs. It is enormous the number of lives we touch each year. Our education program reached well over 5,000 children in 2008 and is growing each year. Our office fields endless calls each day with animals in need. Horrendous stories that rip our hearts out. We can’t always solve the problem but every one of those phone calls gets help from us in some way. Help has never been denied to anyone, even though we often can’t take another animal in. We are also the employer of 28 people who depend on us to be here for their livelihood.
We want to continue to be here and do all the things that help us toward our ever evolving vision. We understand that no dream is too great. No mountain is too high to climb. No matter what it may look like on the outside, the strength of our destiny is the vision we each hold within our hearts. We hold tight to that vision no matter what. And we also know that the strength we have, the secret weapon that makes the miracles become reality, and breathes life into the dreams – is all of you who believe with us and join us with your help. Each of your thoughts sent our way or hearing the messages that the animals are sending out, moves us one more step down that road. Your thoughts, prayers, volunteer hours, and donations sustain us through the toughest of times and remind us of the largest truth of all – that we are all One, and we are all in this together.
Blessings to everyone for the new year ahead of us. Keep your visions. Dream your dreams. And NEVER give up hope.
(From our website, www.springfarmcares.org )
By Dawn Hayman
We welcome this new year and this new season of Hope for humanity! We are looking forward with eager anticipation to all the changes and opportunities that lay ahead, not just us at the farm, but for all of mankind. This is perhaps the grandest opportunity for greatness that man has ever faced. We have crossed the threshold into a vision of a new world. And we, all of us, are the keepers of that vision. We are the creators of that experience. We are the dreamers creating the dream and bringing it into reality as we awaken. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for to save us, and our earth, from destruction. That moment is now. The heroes are right within each one of us.
At Spring Farm CARES, we realized the importance of reaffirming our vision for the work we are carrying forward. A vision that began forming 18 years ago and has not dimmed but has grown brighter, stronger, and more resilient over the years. Someone once told us on our ten year anniversary that they remembered talking to us with a group of leaders of other non-profit groups and asking us what our goals were back in our first year of operation. She told us that when they walked away from the meeting they all felt sorry for us at how delusional we were. “A couple of dreamers,” they said, “wait until reality hits them. They won’t last more than a year.” Ten years later, that person said to us, “Ladies, not only are you still here but do you realize that you have accomplished every goal on your list at that time? We once felt sorry for you, now we are asking how you did it.”
This is a powerful reminder about the importance of believing, trusting, having faith, but most of all never giving up on the vision coming from our hearts. It is not just about the farm. Not just about the organization we founded. This is about all of humanity. From the beginning, our grandest vision was to help reconnect mankind with all of nature. It was to be a part of the Oneness of Life. Yes, certainly it is about helping animals. But it is also about helping people. Because the animals taught us very quickly that humans were the ones that most needed to shift and that is what they wanted to do and who they wanted to reach. We then wanted to give the animals a place to work their magic and then we wanted to reach more than just those of you who could come to the farm. Our vision is so much larger than any one of us. It is greater than the combined efforts of the humans and animals who call this farm home. It comes from our hearts, human and animal alike, and it comes from the sacred land of this farm. The greatest compliment given to us is that we are a group of dreamers. Because dreaming is the language of the heart and soul. It is the power behind every vision and the secret of every visionary. And if we do this right, the dream will forever be new and fresh and recreated in all that we do.
We are in hard times right now. But adversity is always dimmed by hope. In spite of the current economy, the decrease in our income, the increase in expenses, we chose to continue to hold on to the vision. We are looking at our budget and cutting back where we can. We see now even more than before the importance of our being as self-sufficient and as light on the Earth as we can be. We will continue to pursue that way of life.
We strive to continue the services and programs we have in place to help so many animals in need. We have helped pay for the spay/neuter of nearly 65,000 dogs and cats in our area and still we are experiencing the pain of animal overpopulation. Over 100 orphaned kittens came to us in 2008 alone. But we must keep the vision and the hope and faith that this will change.
We strive to continue to offer sanctuary to the 250 animals in our care. Animals who are reaching out to thousands of people every year with their hearts and wisdom. We will give them the best care we have to offer, as they give back so much to all of us.
We strive to continue the magnificent work of our Nature Sanctuary, a 200 acre microcosm of the Earth, and a working example of the healing that can be done if only we listen to nature around us.
We strive to continue to reach out through education to the children in our area to teach them about what the animals have to say. The children get this information readily. They have been reaching out to us in record numbers offering all kinds of help and assistance. It is one of the most heartwarming things we have experienced. The children get it. They are our future.
We strive to continue to network with other organizations who are also working on the issues we deal with. It is through networking that the web of life operates. People are starting to realize this more and more. We see the miracles and magic of many hearts linking up with a common goal here all the time. Whether it is to help just one animal in need or a whole community, the power of joining together cannot be under estimated.
And we strive to keep the communication lines open between animals, nature, and humanity. We hope to continue to be the source of inspiration that many of you have found. We want to keep the connection between spirit and heart alive and flowing. And we want to share all we can.
The reality is that it costs us about $2,800 per day to keep our operation going. The 250 animals in our care depend on us to be here. But more than that, are the many thousands more we help each year through our outreach programs. It is enormous the number of lives we touch each year. Our education program reached well over 5,000 children in 2008 and is growing each year. Our office fields endless calls each day with animals in need. Horrendous stories that rip our hearts out. We can’t always solve the problem but every one of those phone calls gets help from us in some way. Help has never been denied to anyone, even though we often can’t take another animal in. We are also the employer of 28 people who depend on us to be here for their livelihood.
We want to continue to be here and do all the things that help us toward our ever evolving vision. We understand that no dream is too great. No mountain is too high to climb. No matter what it may look like on the outside, the strength of our destiny is the vision we each hold within our hearts. We hold tight to that vision no matter what. And we also know that the strength we have, the secret weapon that makes the miracles become reality, and breathes life into the dreams – is all of you who believe with us and join us with your help. Each of your thoughts sent our way or hearing the messages that the animals are sending out, moves us one more step down that road. Your thoughts, prayers, volunteer hours, and donations sustain us through the toughest of times and remind us of the largest truth of all – that we are all One, and we are all in this together.
Blessings to everyone for the new year ahead of us. Keep your visions. Dream your dreams. And NEVER give up hope.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
What Christmas Means to Me
From the animals and humans of Spring Farm CARES, we wish all of you a very happy holidays. The animals asked to be able to tell about their story of Christmas, and we couldn’t think of a better message than that. Thanks for sharing in a part of the lives of these amazing beings. The message below is narrated by Amber Donkey, but she is speaking for our animals as a whole. ---- Dawn
We start our story of what Christmas means to us in the barn, where your story of Christmas begins too. Christmas, as you know it, is so different than how we know it. For you it is a holiday, a tradition for some, a spiritual time for others, a commercial event, a time for Santa and talking snowmen and of course the flying reindeer. How do I know all this? You cannot possibly be alive on this planet and not know about Christmas and how it is understood and celebrated by humans. But we animals also understand about Christmas. There is an energy on this planet that signals to us when that special time is near. It is not about Christmas music, colorful lights, or gifts under the tree. It is about the life force energy that comes out of the cold, up through the snow, from beyond the crispness of the winter stars. It is the solstice and the movement of the sun and the moon. It is an energy of oneness and hope, of compassion and giving, of sharing all we have together so that we can join together to help one another. It is about joining one another in the common cause of living on this planet. It is about trusting in renewed faith that another season of growth is coming after this period of short rest. It signals a time for going within to understand our own gifts, our own warmth, our own ideas, and to let them grow within us so that they may sprout anew in the next season of growth. It is about remembering the things we are most grateful for. It is about sharing those gifts we have within us with our friends. And it is about trying to understand with compassion those who we think we can’t understand. It is about planning and creating and visioning. And most of all, it is about renewing our faith in Life itself and understanding the miracle of creation. This is what Christmas is for us. Whether you live in a barn or a high rise in a busy city, there is a quiet humbleness about Christmas that is there for you to find. It is not in stores, it is not even in places of worship, but it is within your very own heart. A compassion and a love for all living beings, and an understanding about the spiritual world within and around us – that is the meaning of Christmas.
On Christmas morning when you awaken, remember about the animals on the whole planet who also are understanding the energy of the day. It is a time when around the entire planet, people stop to share a common moment. Your turning of the new year holds that same energy and is literally shared by all, regardless of spiritual faith or beliefs. It is a time of common energy and focus. It would be a very powerful time to create and move change forward if everyone harnessed that moment. We animals understand this crucial time. We do not celebrate a holiday. We celebrate Life and the love within it. We celebrate the joining of hearts, the notion of giving, the gift of compassion, and the understanding of our oneness. We look to the stars, we look to the earth, and then we look to one another and we say to each other, “I recognize you for all your beauty.” Christmas is a time to acknowledge the gifts we are in each other’s lives.
From that perspective, we wish you all the joys of Christmas and the unity of the new year.
We start our story of what Christmas means to us in the barn, where your story of Christmas begins too. Christmas, as you know it, is so different than how we know it. For you it is a holiday, a tradition for some, a spiritual time for others, a commercial event, a time for Santa and talking snowmen and of course the flying reindeer. How do I know all this? You cannot possibly be alive on this planet and not know about Christmas and how it is understood and celebrated by humans. But we animals also understand about Christmas. There is an energy on this planet that signals to us when that special time is near. It is not about Christmas music, colorful lights, or gifts under the tree. It is about the life force energy that comes out of the cold, up through the snow, from beyond the crispness of the winter stars. It is the solstice and the movement of the sun and the moon. It is an energy of oneness and hope, of compassion and giving, of sharing all we have together so that we can join together to help one another. It is about joining one another in the common cause of living on this planet. It is about trusting in renewed faith that another season of growth is coming after this period of short rest. It signals a time for going within to understand our own gifts, our own warmth, our own ideas, and to let them grow within us so that they may sprout anew in the next season of growth. It is about remembering the things we are most grateful for. It is about sharing those gifts we have within us with our friends. And it is about trying to understand with compassion those who we think we can’t understand. It is about planning and creating and visioning. And most of all, it is about renewing our faith in Life itself and understanding the miracle of creation. This is what Christmas is for us. Whether you live in a barn or a high rise in a busy city, there is a quiet humbleness about Christmas that is there for you to find. It is not in stores, it is not even in places of worship, but it is within your very own heart. A compassion and a love for all living beings, and an understanding about the spiritual world within and around us – that is the meaning of Christmas.On Christmas morning when you awaken, remember about the animals on the whole planet who also are understanding the energy of the day. It is a time when around the entire planet, people stop to share a common moment. Your turning of the new year holds that same energy and is literally shared by all, regardless of spiritual faith or beliefs. It is a time of common energy and focus. It would be a very powerful time to create and move change forward if everyone harnessed that moment. We animals understand this crucial time. We do not celebrate a holiday. We celebrate Life and the love within it. We celebrate the joining of hearts, the notion of giving, the gift of compassion, and the understanding of our oneness. We look to the stars, we look to the earth, and then we look to one another and we say to each other, “I recognize you for all your beauty.” Christmas is a time to acknowledge the gifts we are in each other’s lives.
From that perspective, we wish you all the joys of Christmas and the unity of the new year.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thanksgiving Messages from the Animals
As has been the Spring Farm tradition now for many years, we take a moment from our daily work each Thanksgiving morning and make a list of all we have to be grateful for in our lives. Each year, we also give the animals a chance to voice their special thanks as well. Back by popular demand, here are the offerings for this year. All of us at the farm wish you and your families a happy holiday.
Bo: Thoroughbred mare – I am so grateful for all of my friends. Not just the other horses and donkeys but also the ducks, chickens, cats and of course our beloved humans. It gives me great pleasure to be a part of such a loving home where we know respect and camaraderie with each other and with the humans who are in our hearts everyday. Naturally, I am also thankful for having known and to miss those who are no longer with us.
Amber Donkey: I am incredibly grateful to see the sun rise each morning. Every day that I see that, I know that there is a chance for a new beginning. That this day won’t be like any other day. Even if my routine stays the same, my thoughts change every day. Each day I am grateful to have new thoughts. In this way, no two days are ever the same.
Nutmeg: Pygmy goat – I am grateful to have a home that I love. Its not the barn that makes my home but the friends I share it with. Each morning when we hear the first footsteps of the first human to arrive in the barn, I am filled with eagerness for food, but happiness that someone who cares is here to bring it to me. I love to see their faces when they walk in the door.
Bella – female barn cat – I am eternally grateful for warmth, food, and most of all, everyone who loves me. I have such an important job in the barn. The horses depend on me to tell them what is going on outside when they are inside. The people depend on me to be here when I’m supposed to be or when I need to give a tour to visitors. And the greatest thing to be thankful for of all is my sister Izzy. We came together to be together and it has stayed that way by choice.
Bobby – male beagle mix – I only have 3 legs and sometimes people feel sorry for me. I don’t feel sorry for me. I am extremely grateful for the 3 legs that I do have. Someone shot me and left me in the woods. I was very scared, in a lot of pain, and very angry at humans. I questioned why I didn’t just die there. But then I ended up here. And even though I’ve bitten a few times, they seem to still like me. So I’ve had to try to learn another way of being. I don’t always understand these humans, but I have a job to do while I’m here. People say I’m cute. I think that is really cool. I shouldn’t be known as a dog with a missing leg but should always be remembered for a dog who found his heart again.
George – black and white Main coon mix cat – (from spirit - George just passed away the eve before our asking for these messages.) Even though I’m no longer with you in body, I am always there in heart and spirit. I have so much to be thankful for that I wanted to be included. I was thankful for a life filled with living. I lived every second of that life. I was thankful for all my friends, the cats, the dogs, Phoebe duck, Merlin the African Grey Parrot, and all my human friends. I had so many of them. I was able to live my life right up until the second I began living in spirit again. For all of the love I received and brought with me to where I am now – I will forever be eternally grateful.
Choco- male rabbit – If ever there was a lucky rabbit in this world, I am it. I hear people say that a rabbit foot is lucky. Well….I am 4 times lucky! I am grateful for extra veggies, for people to feel how soft my fur is, and most of all, I am grateful to have a safe place to stay. People may not know this about me, but I am most grateful to look into people’s eyes and see who they are. It makes me very hoppy to be alive! That is rabbit humor.
Isabelle – female all around gorgeous long-hair grey and white cat – It took people a long time here to figure out that the farm is my whole reason for being. They kept adopting me out and I kept finding ways to come back until FINALLY they got the message. THIS is my home. I am grateful for everything I have every single day. Before I came here, I ended up at a shelter where I was scheduled to die the next day because I peed on someone’s sofa. I peed on the sofa because I thought they didn’t understand me…. And you see, I was right. One pee on the sofa, my first indiscretion, and off I went to die. I don’t understand humans when they get so drastic. But each time they adopted me out from here because they weren’t listening to me either, I just got better at perfecting the pee thing. Luckily, after that first time, it got easy. I’d just pee on something meaningful and then I’d get returned here. Finally, they got it. They thought they were trying to give me something better than what they were giving me when all I ever wanted was to be here, where I was heard and understood and could just work with people on that. I am thankful every day to be able to be HERE.
Hannah – female Pit bull/beagle mix – I am thankful for being given a second chance at my life. I made some big mistakes because I was very confused. But people here taught me what it felt like to be loved and when that happened, my confusion slowed down and I was able to think and learn again. I wanted to live but thought it was useless. But I learned that they would give me a chance. I never want them to not trust me again. I am very thankful to have had an opportunity to be worthy of being trusted. I have learned so much this lifetime.
Felix – donkey – I am always grateful to be alive. I was with my friend Leo at a place where we saw a lot of our friends starve to death and we almost did too. But our friends took us in here and fed us and loved us. We were just little babies at the time and were so close to dying. Now we have our whole lives ahead of us. That horrible experience will be a small part of who we are because we have known such love and comfort in our home now. But while we are grateful to be here and be together, we know that there are many many more animals that are currently living like we were. We hope that they one day soon have something to be thankful for too.
Bo: Thoroughbred mare – I am so grateful for all of my friends. Not just the other horses and donkeys but also the ducks, chickens, cats and of course our beloved humans. It gives me great pleasure to be a part of such a loving home where we know respect and camaraderie with each other and with the humans who are in our hearts everyday. Naturally, I am also thankful for having known and to miss those who are no longer with us.
Amber Donkey: I am incredibly grateful to see the sun rise each morning. Every day that I see that, I know that there is a chance for a new beginning. That this day won’t be like any other day. Even if my routine stays the same, my thoughts change every day. Each day I am grateful to have new thoughts. In this way, no two days are ever the same.
Nutmeg: Pygmy goat – I am grateful to have a home that I love. Its not the barn that makes my home but the friends I share it with. Each morning when we hear the first footsteps of the first human to arrive in the barn, I am filled with eagerness for food, but happiness that someone who cares is here to bring it to me. I love to see their faces when they walk in the door.
Bella – female barn cat – I am eternally grateful for warmth, food, and most of all, everyone who loves me. I have such an important job in the barn. The horses depend on me to tell them what is going on outside when they are inside. The people depend on me to be here when I’m supposed to be or when I need to give a tour to visitors. And the greatest thing to be thankful for of all is my sister Izzy. We came together to be together and it has stayed that way by choice.
Bobby – male beagle mix – I only have 3 legs and sometimes people feel sorry for me. I don’t feel sorry for me. I am extremely grateful for the 3 legs that I do have. Someone shot me and left me in the woods. I was very scared, in a lot of pain, and very angry at humans. I questioned why I didn’t just die there. But then I ended up here. And even though I’ve bitten a few times, they seem to still like me. So I’ve had to try to learn another way of being. I don’t always understand these humans, but I have a job to do while I’m here. People say I’m cute. I think that is really cool. I shouldn’t be known as a dog with a missing leg but should always be remembered for a dog who found his heart again.
George – black and white Main coon mix cat – (from spirit - George just passed away the eve before our asking for these messages.) Even though I’m no longer with you in body, I am always there in heart and spirit. I have so much to be thankful for that I wanted to be included. I was thankful for a life filled with living. I lived every second of that life. I was thankful for all my friends, the cats, the dogs, Phoebe duck, Merlin the African Grey Parrot, and all my human friends. I had so many of them. I was able to live my life right up until the second I began living in spirit again. For all of the love I received and brought with me to where I am now – I will forever be eternally grateful.
Choco- male rabbit – If ever there was a lucky rabbit in this world, I am it. I hear people say that a rabbit foot is lucky. Well….I am 4 times lucky! I am grateful for extra veggies, for people to feel how soft my fur is, and most of all, I am grateful to have a safe place to stay. People may not know this about me, but I am most grateful to look into people’s eyes and see who they are. It makes me very hoppy to be alive! That is rabbit humor.
Isabelle – female all around gorgeous long-hair grey and white cat – It took people a long time here to figure out that the farm is my whole reason for being. They kept adopting me out and I kept finding ways to come back until FINALLY they got the message. THIS is my home. I am grateful for everything I have every single day. Before I came here, I ended up at a shelter where I was scheduled to die the next day because I peed on someone’s sofa. I peed on the sofa because I thought they didn’t understand me…. And you see, I was right. One pee on the sofa, my first indiscretion, and off I went to die. I don’t understand humans when they get so drastic. But each time they adopted me out from here because they weren’t listening to me either, I just got better at perfecting the pee thing. Luckily, after that first time, it got easy. I’d just pee on something meaningful and then I’d get returned here. Finally, they got it. They thought they were trying to give me something better than what they were giving me when all I ever wanted was to be here, where I was heard and understood and could just work with people on that. I am thankful every day to be able to be HERE.
Hannah – female Pit bull/beagle mix – I am thankful for being given a second chance at my life. I made some big mistakes because I was very confused. But people here taught me what it felt like to be loved and when that happened, my confusion slowed down and I was able to think and learn again. I wanted to live but thought it was useless. But I learned that they would give me a chance. I never want them to not trust me again. I am very thankful to have had an opportunity to be worthy of being trusted. I have learned so much this lifetime.
Felix – donkey – I am always grateful to be alive. I was with my friend Leo at a place where we saw a lot of our friends starve to death and we almost did too. But our friends took us in here and fed us and loved us. We were just little babies at the time and were so close to dying. Now we have our whole lives ahead of us. That horrible experience will be a small part of who we are because we have known such love and comfort in our home now. But while we are grateful to be here and be together, we know that there are many many more animals that are currently living like we were. We hope that they one day soon have something to be thankful for too.
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