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on the Kindness of Strangers! When
our ancient, deaf, and nearly blind beagle friend Blossom
went missing for over thirty-six hours I got a lot of criticism
for my actions. A lot of it very sane, caring and seemingly valid
criticism. But when one loves deeply I am learning sometimes it
is okay to embrace my craziness and fear and act outrageously
to get the results i want. I took action anyway because I love
ALL Animals and Art.
The Art i
love is my husband, a seemingly ordinary guy, a blue collar worker
who enjoys a beer at the pub and can talk with just about anyone.
Beneath the surface, Artie
Bock like so many of us, is a diamond in the rough.
You see, Art is a sensitive. He feels deeply, and hurts for ALL
actions that hurt the Earth and each other, and he especially
feels for the suffering of animals. Unlike me, Art has not found
it easy to be a vegetarian or vegan,
but he does it anyway. His whole life, until now, has not been
easy.
Art has often felt like he does not belong in this time and place.
He cares so much that he ALWAYS tries to do the
right thing for the Earth and all life. He has been misunderstood
a lot and often been the butt of jokes. He is a slow, deliberate
man in a fast, fast world.
Art has been hurt by the world and does not yet think that life
is eternal. So the death and suffering of any animal touches him
to the very core of his sensitive and huge heart. Art does not
YET believe that good reigns supreme, so he does not know the
power of prayer and positive visualization. Art does know the
power of action and of communication with everyday people. On
his 50th birthday, he rode his BIKE
3,600 miles to RAISE AWARENESS of Animal CRUELTY.
It was very, very hard, but he did it anyway and he touched a
lot of lives with little fanfare, and almost no recognition.
He has wanted to do it again for twelve years. But didn’t,
because his beloved mother got sick. The last two years, Art has
worked at a dull job and spent all of his vacation time with his
mother.
I have been
writing this 3,000 miles away from Art and not spoken to him since
Blossom disappeared, I want the world to change for Art.
I want to help empower him to find happiness in THIS
lifetime. I am feeling our dear departed Mother’s spirit
guiding me because she wants to heal all the Arts of the world.
All last week while Blossom has been missing, he’s been
carrying a huge burden, emptying his childhood home and saying
goodbye to his old life of strife. I knew if he had one more loss
it might destroy his budding faith forever. He lost our beloved
Monty
in June, and dear, dear Mom in July, and our beloved Trust
Love in September. He could NOT lose Blossom too.
So at the moment he releases his Mother's ashes I am
going to press the button and send this to as many people as I
can all over the world.
It
is ALREADY WORKING, Art just this moment called, he sounds like
a different person, he has said for the first time that I have
known him that he feels “truly blessed” by ALL the
people who have been helping him.
He has no idea how many people that is because he has not known
anything about the massive campaign of action and prayer and visualization
that is going on for over 36 hours to find Blossom and help Art.
Art and I
just coordinated the timing so at the very moment he is releasing
his Mother's ashes we will press the button and release this message
all over the world.
I could have
just relaxed and visualized Blossom’s safe return, but I
needed to do more than that .I am learning to embrace my fear
and anxiety and use it for good. While always speaking the truth
I have told many, many people we needed to take action to bring
Blossom home safe.
“No
heaven will not ever heaven be;
Unless my cats are there to welcome me.”
Quote by an Anonymous“Kind Stranger”
People
have taken action with their legs, hands, and mouths, speaking,
writing, walking and making calls and people have taking action
with their minds, increased the power of my intention with their
prayers and visualizations. ALL took action with their hearts.
Unbeknownst to many i did calm myself continuously and visualized
a positive outcome, i could not have kept my vow of only two hours
sleep a night for two and a half days without that. i didn't know
for sure what that positive outcome would be. Sometimes very bad
things can bring a community together. So i used ALL my creative
energy to work for the outcome i wanted.
I know I have
broken a lot of rules in writing this. It may sound preachy, sanctimonious,
misspelled, holier-than-thou, crazy, certainly too wordy, but
I feel I should just strike while the fire is hot. You see, Blossom
was lost on “World
Law of Attraction Night” after showing “The
Secret” at my HEALING
ART Gallery It was my guests who inadvertently locked
her outside while i was in the kitchen.
At first I panicked. My old Catholic programming told me I had
been too arrogant, too happy, too powerful, playing too big, NOW
God was punishing me. Eventually I realized God plays a better
game, there is a reason for ALL this and a positive outcome IS
inevitable. I just did not know what that outcome was so I felt
i had to work hard, together with the Universe, to try to effect
it in the way i want. More evolved beings would not work so hard.
I received a lot of caring criticism for my vow of sleeping two
hours in twenty-four until Blossom was home safe or Art came home
to a missing Blossom. I have learned a lot lately since I saw
“The Secret” and decided to heal myself of two “incurable
diseases”. Medical experts said I would need to take drugs
for the rest of my life. Since September 4th of this year, I have
lost over thirty pounds of past pain, and transformed my life.
I am writing this because I want to help transform others lives.
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One
thing I have learned is the Universe or whatever you want to call
it, at least for me, really supports my intentions if I am true
to my WORD and totally honest, I always speak the truth. I want
to play a big game and so i do not give my word lightly. After
thirteen years experience of hardly sleeping I have been through
the fire of insomnia and weaned myself from medication. The vow
was a very conscious decision I knew I needed to make and could
do. While going through my healing I have learned to stay as centered
as I need to be to be effective on very little sleep and get maximum
results. But not everyone is me and I don’t want anyone
to have to go through that much pain to get that we can have a
better world.
This story
has a very, very happy outcome that I want to share with everyONE
who expressed interest, because it is something really good. As
I wrote the following last night I was truly, deeply tired, but
Blossom had been found because of the many people throughout the
world who took action, prayed, visualized, and encouraged others
to get involved. This little lost dog created something that is
growing far bigger and will help many animals and animal lovers.
It became clear during this search that no ONE should need to
have sleepless nights worrying about their BELOVED family member—no
old and disabled nor young and healthy animal should
mistakenly think its abandoned, that we animal lovers can truly
be a more powerful voice in the world.
I ended the day Saturday at Animal
Control where some kind stranger brought Blossom
probably after she peed and pooped in his house after he gave
her shelter from the cold night. Blossom is fine and apparently
got to eat lots of fun food. (She only gets super-healthy food
at HOME) She ran out of her cage expecting everyone around (we
had gathered a small audience) to give her treats and was bouncing
around with vitality; it was a happy moment for ALL, and a testimonial
to good nutrition for an ancient girl. It helped that she is deaf,
because the barking of the other dogs was deafening.
A really unexpected
high came from finding out i could comfort myself in all the chaos
of barking and tension by offering comfort to the many other frightened
and lonely animals. They really did quiet down when we were just
with them, feeling their feelings, and accepting them exactly
as they are. The lyrics from the Who: "FEEL
Me, SEE me, TOUCH Me, HEAL
Me" seemed so true. Many of these dogs will not be adopted
and probably die soon, but they had a brighter day because we
chose to spend a few minutes just BEING with each other. And the
dogs loved licking “magic dust” off my fingers. Together
with unconditional love it did—well—magic of course!
We are truly far more powerful than we realize. You can visit
them too at Dogs
to Share Love With or DOGS
near you at your local shelter. It will change your life forever,
they will not let you forget them.
i was also surprised to find so many overworked, caring people
crying out for help. It is a hard job and a lot of caring goes
on behind the scenes as they struggle to do their jobs. ALL the
people I dealt with, but especially Ken, were
flexible and went out of their way to help get my old girl home
with minimum red tape and a microchip
which they provide for a small fee to help prevent lost animals.
All this work started connecting caring people who want to create
an Amber Alert for Animals, and people are continuing
to come forth. We think the name “Kindness
of Strangers” KISS is
good, do you, have a suggestion for a better name? Email us at
Name for Animal Amber
Alert. We have made many allies. If you are reading
this, you are probably ONE of them, so please continue to lend
your support to help establish this Animal Alert System. If you
cared enough to read about Blossom in this crazy, busy world,
you are a person who will want to help prevent a sadder ending
for the next lost dog or cat.
In my desperation
to save Blossom, it became increasingly clear I needed to talk
and listen to others about their concerns, especially the people
I thought couldn’t possibly understand me, such as the people
at Animal Control Donate
to their good work and my neighbors in our HUMBLE
neighborhood who seem to look at me like i am weird (i AM an artist,
they are right!). (UPDATE two days later: I just had a
long halting conversation with my Spanish-speaking Christian neighbor,
(the first time we have ever spoke so long) as a result of Blossom’s
saga i find she LOVES animals and we are planning to work together
to help homeless animals, (you may translate this site to Spanish
or thirty-three other languages.)i
talked to strangers about barking dogs and angry neighbors needing
quiet, about how the seemingly “vicious” dog could
be like Blossom and really just think you have a treat for her
or that you need some love. i realized i cannot educate if I don’t
find the courage to talk. i met many neighbors in this effort,
people who had really wanted to know me but where afraid to approach.
(And, yes, sometimes it seems like it was a waste of effort to
talk, but i took the risk anyway many times since the goal was
so important, and sometimes the outcome was surprisingly sweet.)
I believe
we don’t need to “create” community—it
is already here all around us, we just need to recognize it and
allow it to grow. The fire is set, we just need to LIGHT it with
the spark of our own creative CONSCIOUSNESS.
Thank you all for your powerful intentions, prayers, visualizations,
and caring in whatever form it may have taken—and MOST ESPECIALLY,
ACTION—to help the animals (and we are
all animals aren’t we?) I even thank those who ignored my
pleas, had short tempers, and judgments against me—you are
teaching me to be more effective, something each one of us who
truly loves animals must do if we are going to effectively help
the plight of the Earth's animals.
Most of all, thank you to Sean Terry, an eight-year old with vision,
who conquered his fears and talked to many people, and had great
ideas to help save Blossom, We will have a neighborhood award
ceremony where Sean, and other Kind Strangers will receive
the recognition they deserve.
Thank
you Mary A. Quinn of AllAboard
Animal Search and Rescue who really needs the $500 reward
(and much more). She is working so hard, mostly unknown and unseen,
performing miracles to help find and care for animals.
Thank you Dian Hardy for great concern and tireless outreach,
AND to passionate animal activist, Dana, a complete kind stranger
who drove miles to my house, because my line was busy and she
wanted to help, even though she was exhausted. Dana
also needs our support to find an affordable home where she can
raise two big dogs training to be rescue dogs for cats.
Kind Strangers, Heroes, and Sheroes, ALL of you,
especially those who helped and haven’t been thanked, because
you did it from the heart, asking for nothing but the satisfaction
of helping—YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. |
