There is this site on Facebook called “the Dodo”. It shows short videos on rescuing animals. It’s overwhelmingly good. The puppies and kittens, and birds and other animals, are in a place of desperation and people film themselves rescuing them. A lot of times a human puts the animal in that horrid situation, and I can’t help but think “what type of person … ?” It makes me sad for humanity.
In the past month or so, there was a situation in New York City (I think) where an elderly woman got beaten up outside of a business and no-one called 911. No-one. Not sure if everyone thought someone else would call, or they just didn’t feel it was their business to get involved. I would like to think I live by the motto of “if I see something, I say something” and if I saw an animal in need, I’d intervene … but there have been situations where I didn’t get involved and for that I feel shame.
Being a good human requires more than being nice. In my very humble opinion, a good human is someone who reaches outside of their comfort zone to help others. Whether it’s financial help or calling to report something suspicious or rescuing that baby kitten -- it’s doing something. Feeling bad and or shame later on is God’s way of saying, you should have …
