Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Dogs have two times as many muscles to move their ears as people. The longer a dog’s nose, the more effective it’s internal cooling system. All dogs are identical in anatomy – 321 bones and 42 permanent teeth. Smaller breeds mature faster than larger breed. Source: Cesar

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Cats know exactly how to get what they want from their owners. According to a 2009 study, they do it by mimicking babies crying. Cats in want of food will make an urgent cry or meowing sound in the 220 to 520-hertz frequency range while purring at a lower frequency. Babies also cry in this frequency range (usually between 300 and 600 hertz), and humans find it difficult to ignore. Source: Mental Floss

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honore de Balzac
“Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn; Hundreds of lambs in the purple clover; Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn; But only one mother the wide world over.” ~George Cooper

Jendhamuni with little girl — May 8, 2015.

Love is a risk. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose.
Whether it’s right or wrong, misery or joy, love doesn’t have
any space for mistakes — only lessons. ~Unknown

If your cat’s eyes are closed, it’s not necessarily because it’s tired. A sign of closed eyes means your cat is happy or pleased. Collectively, kittens yawn about 200 million time per hour. Cats have a 5 toes on their front paws and 4 on each back paw. Source: AnimalPlanet

The wise man in a storm prays to God, not for safety from danger;
but for deliverance from fear. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Learn how to carry a friendship greatly, whether or not it is returned. Why should one regret if the receiver is not equally generous? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion. If he is unequal, he will presently pass away; but thou art enlarged by thy own shining. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson