11:07pm
So Busy???
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It never ceases to amaze me how one can become so wrapped up in their own world, or rather, the world of others. The days seem ceaseless and by the time night comes around we're exhausted and numb. The weekends go by just as fast if not faster. On the days I volunteer at the shelter there is always so much to do and so many lives to care for. I leave at night even wondering if I did everything I was supposed to do - and wanted to do..... We all know there is no clock at the shelter. There is no beginning and no ending. The life of the shelter is a continuous moving, expanding space like the universe. My visit there can last one or 10 hours, and still, there is so much to do all the time, and more I always could have done if I had not gone home. What I do know is that I - and any and every volunteer - contribute in assisting, rescuing, caring for, and sometimes even saving the life of an animal, with every visit I make. My job is important to me. My pets are incredibly dear to me. But when I am in the shelter helping animals in need, in desperate need of care and love, I wake up from the nonstop business of making a living, and I enter the part of my life that makes it ALL WORTH WHILE. And yes, at times it is overwhelming, and upsetting, and quite sad. And out of my control. But life will be that way at times regardless of anything. This way I get to make a difference for many, all the time. I wouldn't trade that part of my life for anything.
