Anyone here own an animal? A pet? Or let me put that better than “pet owner:” Any pet parents here? Pet partners?
[Give people time to answer.]
True pet lovers know that animals have a kind of freaky sense about people. They seem not only to sense if someone is afraid of them or not (they smell fear, we say). They can also instinctively sense a person’s spirit –whether that person is friend or foe, approachable or not, even happy or sad. Have you ever noticed how cats like to cuddle up to those strangers or visitors who don’t like cats? That’s SO cat!
Some people just attract animals. When a person with a kind and loving spirit approaches an animal, that animal instinctively knows that this person is a gentle, amiable human being, non-threatening, and loving.
How does the animal know t…