The Last Goodbyes

If you're like me, there is always room in your home for one more pet. Even if the husband/wife seems to think otherwise. I found this poem and thought it so much represented my heart that i had to post it. Hope you like it.

The Last Goodbyes
As you hold them in your arms
And say your last good-byes
Look close into the fading light
that flickers in their eyes

They are not afraid
because they know when a sparrow falls
she falls into the hands of God
all creatures great and small

Remember when you found your pet
abandoned, frightened, so alone
shivering at your side you gave comfort
and shared the warmth of your home

As the years passed, they were with you
through every joy and sorrow
Always at your side until one day you knew
there would be no more tomorrows

You sigh and think
never again will I give my heart
it hurts too much to grieve
when you have to part

But there are so many animals
that have no place to go
who are longing for someone just like you
to love and call their own

They don't live as long as humans do
this too is a part of God's plan
for animals are God's angels
to be there for you when he can't

God's gift is that you can love many
when your pet has time for only one
you can give love and happiness to the strays...
who without you would have none.

So lay your friends to rest, lift up your hearts
dry your tears, for it is told
death is but a passage into the hands of God,
through the gates of gold

Somewhere others need you
in shelters, or wandering the streets
they want nothing more from life
than to lay down at your feet

It is time to give another life
the love only you can give
we are the caretakers of God creatures
for not to love... is not to live

written by Brenda Riley-Seymore

Some Things are always right and true

With this up and coming election, I would like to ask everyone to comment on this post. Not just for political reasons, but for spiritual ones as well. I would like to hear how you define TRUTH. Truth of this life, of the spiritual realm and how it impacts what judgements you make in your life.
How do we know it's true? What guidelines can we use in our lives to prove it's true? Do they have to be written or are they simply something we have known and understood since childhood? How can we know the truth if scholars cannot even agree on what truth is?

(I had this great story of what I've experienced about truth, but I would like to hear it from you, so I deleted it. I will comment on my experience in another post. I will say that the Catechism of the Catholic Church has a lot to say on the matter.)