Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Feb/March 2018 Aspire Mag Full Issue: Inner Prospe | Page 68

to follow him to his food bowl – I confess, my pets have trained me well.

• And if Mac or my other cats, Brick and Shadow, want love, they will jump next to or on me and purr as loud as they can.

On a superficial level, we know most pets enjoy our company, like tasty food, playtime and stimulation, and love a good, restful sleep!

We’ re provided with many opportunities to grow in life. We do that through wrestling with issues that confront us. These issues present themselves to help us become better people.

If you’ re an animal lover, I want to offer a radical perspective on personal growth. Are you ready? You chose animals as one of your life growth strategies! Why? Because animals give us an opportunity to become better people through their personality quirks and the issues they present in our lives.

Stop and let this perspective sink in. Just like the people in our lives, our animals are our companions on our soul journey. Asthis information sinks in, consider how it might shift your relationship with your animals as you consciously think of them as souls here to help us grow. Use this an inquiry as you interact with your animals. You might see them in a whole new way.

They can be incredible helpmates in our journey through life. As we“ tune in” to the information our animals are waiting to share with us, we’ ll see more clearly how to live a life of peace and satisfaction.

And even if you don’ t have pets, you can still view animals as part of your life growth strategy. Your relationship with the animal kingdom impacts how their lives play out on earth. From farm animals to rescue animals to polar bears, our values and our actions as humans have a huge impact. Educate yourself on the issues and take actions to ensure we have a planet healthy enough to support its many animal species. How is that spiritual growth? When you open your heart, your empathy, to other living beings on the planet, that’ s spiritual growth.

I developed a free report for animal aficionados called,“ 5 Things Your Pets Want You to Know.” Here’ s the first thing they want you to know. Download the whole report on my website at sacredgrove. com.

You’ re the human, you bought or adopted us, right? So why are we saying that we picked you?

Here’ s the deal: On a soul level, we agreed to live together in this life for a period. By acquiring us, you kept your part of the agreement. Now let’ s figure out why we’ re together. Because part of the game of life is to look deeper and see what we bring to you; not just what you bring to us- food, safety, shelter, etc. We’ re here to help you. Even if we are a rescue animal with issues, this is true. Look beyond our non-humanity. See the love we bring, the non-logical intelligence.

We may be companions to show you what unconditional love looks like.