My head is swimming with what inspires me this morning thanks to a conversation with a friend. Thank you Hank! It has made my morning nice to think of good things.
While there are many things and people that inspire me I wanted to jot this one down while it is the strongest in my head.
One of my most favorite quotes, the one that I think of most often is from Mother Teresa. "In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." When I feel really small or frustrated in what is going on around me this quote always brings me back to what matters most.
When I was living in Missoula I decided that I was going to volunteer at the local animal shelter. This is before being a vet tech was ever in my mind and I was not aware of the harsh realities of animal shelters, abuse, and over population of animals.
I became a dog walking volunteer. And my lunch breaks at school would be spent walking dogs down by the river in Missoula (a wonderful place to wander around). It was so fun!
But it had a dark side too. A lot of the times the dogs that I was walking were the very active teenage dogs that someone got rid of because they were cute when they were little but with lack of exercise they became uncontrollable. So when I would return to walk this dog or that they would be gone. Euthanized.
It totally broke my heart (it still breaks my heart) and after about the 5th dog I called my mom bawling. What she said will never leave me.
She said that she knew I was sad but what a wonderful gift I had given these dogs. In that moment they had experienced true love and kindness. Even in the darkest times they left this world loved and there was nothing more powerful.
I realized that I have no control what happens before or after in a lot of cases in life. But in those little moments you get to love with your soul or show true kindness you have the power to change the world.
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