• Because animals seem to dwell in the present moment, because their own presence is so instinctive, their attention so unwavering, the offer us a different kind of compassion than humans do. Anyone is lucky to have both human and animal comfort in their lives.

    Brenda Peterson: Because animals seem to dwell in the present moment, 
because their own presence is so instinctive, 
their attention so unwavering, the offer us 
a different kind of compassion than humans do. 
Anyone is lucky to have both human and
animal comfort in their lives.
    Brenda Peterson (2002). “Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals”, p.159, W. W. Norton & Company