
The way we feel about our animals connects us to an energy that transcends the obvious - we become family. We can sense when a family member is in trouble or is suffering. Through our compassion we strive to relieve the suffering, to support our dear ones and truly love them. My favorite definition of love is E. Fromm's - "Love is the active promotion of the wellbeing of the love object".
This kind of love; this lovingkindness, also connects all of us who live this way and we become a family; a Tribe of the compassionate ones.