It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction. We get lots of information about life but little education in life from parents, teachers, and other authority figures who should know better from their experience. Information is about facts. Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.

To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.

Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.

Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.

I had patients who didn't die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It's why women live longer than men with the same health problems.

I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor's office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey - 'Here's the lady who brought the roses' vs. 'Here's the lung cancer.'

The inexplicable happens all the time. It makes more sense to simply accept things we observe but cannot understand. It is really more scientific to keep an open mind. Until we can understand and explain the things we now label miracles, let us accept them and try to create more of them.