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chokladen94 said:
Look again, baby sello (written por Michael Jackson)
One of the most touching nature photographs is of a baby pelaje, piel sello lying on the ice alone. Im sure tu have seen it — the picture seems to be all eyes, the trusting dark eyes of a small animal gazing up at the camera and into your heart. When I first looked at them, the eyes asked, Are tu going to hurt me? I knew the answer was yes, because thousands of baby seals were being killed every year.
Many people were touched por one baby seals helplessness. They gave money to save the seals, and public awareness started to shift. As I returned to the picture, those two wide eyes began to say something different. Now they asked, Do tu know me? This time I didnt feel so much heartache as when I felt the violence man inflicts upon animals. But I realized that there was still a big gap. How much did I really know about life on earth? What responsibility did I feel for creatures outside my little space? How could I lead my life so that every cell of living matter was also benefited?
Everyone who began to wonder about these things found, I think, that their feelings were shifting away from fear toward más closeness with life as a whole. The beauty and wonder of life began to seem very personal; the possibility of making the planet a garden for all of us to grow in began to dawn. I looked into the eyes of the baby seal, and for the first time they smiled. Thank you, they said. tu have dado me hope.
Is that enough? Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed. The image of one baby sello alone on the ice o one baby girl orphaned in war is still frightening in its helplessness. I realized that nothing would finally save life on earth but trust in life itself, in its power to heal, in its ability to survive our mistakes and welcome us back when we learn to correct those mistakes.
With these thoughts in my heart, I looked at the picture again. The seals eyes seemed much deeper now, and I saw something in them that I had missed before: unconquerable strength. tu have not hurt me, they said. I am not one baby alone. I am life, and life can never be killed. It is the power that brought me forth from the emptiness of space; it cared for me and nourished my existence against all dangers. I am seguro because I am that power. And so are you. Be with me, and let us feel the power of life together, as one creature here on earth.
Baby seal, forgive us. Look at us again and again to see how we are doing. Those men who raise their clubes over tu are also fathers and brothers and sons. They have loved and cared for others. One día they will extend that amor to you. Be sure of it and trust.
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