Can I join the ranks as also having been a "highly sensitive child?" I remember fishing and just feeling soooo bad for the fish and the minnows and the worms.
I also remember one very distinct time when I was the beach with my family and another family. We all boated there. We all had dogs. Their white poodle was SOAKED and shivering. I was five then. Anyway, he was soaked and shivering and I felt so bad for him. I put a towel over him and everyone started laughing at me.... I felt like crying for the dog, and they were all laughing at me. Just one of those moments that stick out in my mind forever.
I have killed my share of bugs, but I always say "thank you" for their life. Does that help?? LOL I kill less and less though. I am also looking at my eating habits big time, ready to start giving up meat. I saw a blimp on the news once of a cow being run down by a forklift... that image has not left my mind. I have eaten WAY less red meat since then, but I think I am ready to give it all up now.
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