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Henry Beston - We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with... · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Anna McGivern for October 4th.
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  Today is World Animal Day, a global observance dedicated to
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  animal rights and welfare. The day was chosen to honor
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  Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron St. of Animals in
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  ecology, whose feast day falls on October 4th.
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  St. Francis, who lived in the 12th
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  and 13th centuries, was known for his deep love and respect
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  for all creatures, believing that animals were his brothers
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  and sisters in God's creation. World Animal Day was first
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  organized in 1925 by Sinologist Henrik Zimmerman in Berlin,
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  Germany, though it wasn't moved to October 4th until 1929.
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  In 1931, the International Animal Protection Congress in
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  Florence officially adopted October 4th as World Animal Day
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  since then, it has grown into a worldwide movement celebrated in
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  more than 100 countries. Mission of world animal day is
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  simple but profound to raise the status of animals in order to
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  improve welfare standards around the globe.
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  It's a day to recognize that animals are sentient beings
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  deserving our compassion, respect and protection.
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  Today's quote comes from naturalist Henry Beston, who
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  once said we need another and a wiser and perhaps a more
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  mystical concept of animals. They are not brethren.
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  They are not underlings. They are other nations caught
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  with ourselves in the net of life and time.
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  Weston's profound observation captures something essential
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  about what World Animal Day and Saint Francis of Assisi both
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  understood. Animals aren't simply resources
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  for our use, nor are they just cute companions.
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  They are complete beings, living their own lives with their own
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  purposes, caught alongside us in this extraordinary web of
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  existence. Think about what Destin means by
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  calling them other nations. Each species has its own
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  culture, its own way of communicating, its own complex
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  social structures and survival strategies.
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  When we watch a clock of birds moving in perfect
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  synchronization, or observe dolphins cooperating to hunt, or
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  see elephants mourning their dead, we're witnessing other
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  forms of intelligence, other ways of being in the world.
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  Saint Francis understood this centuries ago, when he preached
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  to birds and called animals his brothers and sisters.
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  It wasn't anthropomorphizing. Done.
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  We're being sentimental. He was recognizing their
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  inherent worth, their place in creation, independent of their
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  usefulness to humans. World Animal Day asks us to
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  expand our perspectives beyond seeing animals as either threats
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  to avoid or resources to exploit.
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  When we recognize them as Best in describes other nations
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  sharing this planet with us, our relationship with them naturally
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  shifts toward respect, wonder, and responsibility.
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  So today, think about Besting's vision of animals as other
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  nations sharing the net of life with us.
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  How might this shift in perspective change how we
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  interact with the animal world? Maybe it's watching a bird or
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  squirrel today, not as a decoration in your environment,
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  but as a complete being with its own agenda and intelligence.
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  Maybe it's considering how your choices, what you eat and what
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  you buy, how you vote, affect these other nations we share the
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  planet with. Maybe it's simply pausing to
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  really see and appreciate the animals you encounter,
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  recognizing them as fellow travellers in this extraordinary
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  journey of life. World Animal Day reminds us that
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  we're not alone on this planet, and that the other beings we
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  share it with deserve our respect, wonder and care.
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  That's going to do it for today. I'm Anna McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.