Awesome and Beautiful Words

May 30, 2011 22:03

This is a quotation which tanidareal posted on her LJ, in German. It is by Jim Willms, who I can't find much about ( Read more... )

animal welfare, animals

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"IF" gabrielhorse June 1 2011, 19:25:58 UTC
If we care about someone or something, we seek to spend as much of our short existence around that person or animal, willing to go against social norms and even taboos to live with or just aid that certain someone any way we can.

But, there's a flipside:

If we don't, than all the claims we make to save face fall flat, and our weak actions are shown to be a sham for those who are willing to look, able to see and have the unflinching willingness to face a fraud who's not honest with themselves. Strength comes from trying, failing, then trying again using the experience we've gained from our painful failures.

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