And Animals Will Teach You

By Margot Lasher

Book Overview

This compelling and poignant exploration views the life-affirming connections between animals and ourselves. The creatures whose stories are found in this book--from a monk seal on the island of Kauai... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425154580
• ISBN13: 9780425154588
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

THEY REALLY DO TEACH YOU...

I connected with this book. She describes her own feelings and emotional bonding that I too have felt. I was raised on a ranch with two grandparents whose ideas about animals conflicted so I saw both sides and can understand more than many about animal "energy" Their Energy is everywhere and we all feel it all of the time, most not paying attention to it because it is so common a feeling. I grew up around more animals than humans and the encounter with kids that I went to school with made me withdraw from them. I was badly pigeon-toed from having my hips dislocated when I was born and the teasing was never ending so I avoided my classmates as much as possible, and I could not wait to get home each day to hug my dog who was always there for me. Even in the bitter cold of winter he was waiting at the school bus stop.... I am not telling this story to get sympathy, I do not need it. I just want you to understand why I am passionate about this book... This Is On The Cover: " We can find in the eyes of an animal a whole new world. In their liquid depths lies the capacity to trust, be strong, to face fear, to heal and to find love. They see us at our best, without pretense or propriety. And in return for our love and Respect, they give us the gift of ourselves-the true reflection of our Souls..." .... Each of my animals has taught me something that has stayed with me even after they had to move forward to another realm.... They have taught me that I can give love and it is returned without question. I have learned to be calm because anger hurts and causes fear. They have taught me deformities are something you can live with by my watching them and seeing that their lives go on. ...I have learned compassion does NOT come with a price. I have learned to accept myself as I am and not worry about it. I have learned about a love that goes deep and is non-judging..... I HAVE SEEN SELF-sacrifice first hand when my little Rat Terrier stood between me and an aggressive much larger dog. He would have died to protect me if he had no other choice. My Soul belongs to the Animal world.

This book made me realize that I am just an animal.

This book was wonderful and inspirational, a true example of how to live your life as a member of the animal kingdom!

Full of enlightening stories

Margot Lasher is a wonderful story teller and and like most good story tellers, she takes us from considering the personal and mundane to glimpsing a better understanding of the universal. This book reinforces the deep, enriching and enlightening connection we humans have - if we allow it - with all living creatures. It encourages us to recognize key experiences where animals have entered our lives to reach us, to heal us, maybe to ask for help from us. It is a very moving book which can send us into the world with heightened awareness of our fellow creatures.