Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that define a living organism.
How technical.
At RESQ, we deal with this technical word almost everyday.
Most times the animals come to us when they're in such a horrible state already. I wonder why people don't call us earlier than later, or I wish that we had found the animal sooner. Sometimes I think the animals just come to us, so that they can pass over peacefully in our kennel rather than on the street.
Sometimes they show so much improvement suddenly, make us all very happy, and the next day, go to heaven in their sleep. I think they're trying to tell us that "Hey look, we're doing better now and now that you're happy seeing me better, I'm going straight to Heaven, because thats where dogs live like kings. There's no pedigree or stray differentitation there, no people throwing stones, no cars scaring the living day lights out of us, lots of food and clean water, shelter and safe space for us to run free..........."
The last two and half years, we've seen so many dogs go out of our kennel happily, and some who come there and never leave.
No matter how much death I see, I never get used to it. I get better at dealing with it...and this blog post is for all my dear volunteers who witness this with RESQ as a daily part of their lives. The day I learnt to deal with death better is when I read this Sufi saying which states that: When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the soul laughs for what it has found.
I truly beleive our dogs are in a better place when they leave us.
Every dog that enters our kennel, gets a NAME. We form a bond with each and every living soul that comes into our RESQ life. I know that this bond we form helps heal the hundreds that we have. It always the ones that leave us suddenly - leave us with a hole in the heart. But remember: Death ends a life, not a relationship.
Our work goes on, and we will try to save as many as we can, do our best, and leave the rest to God. If nothing else, we help the animals on their stairway to Heaven.
Da Vinci said 'Our life is made by the death of others'. Its true. Think about it.
Rupal, Priyancka, Niketa, Sunil....you guys rock and are rock.
Neha
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Neha,
ReplyDeleteOne always learns by observing (and I won’t shy in saying "observing the leader”)... And when I see Tanya and you being strong, there is always a sense of responsibility to not let that strength break down... After all, if Tanya and you had given up after the first case of death (the dog that that got you two together) – ResQ would not have happened in the first place! In fact, with every rescue - even if it ends on a sad note like death, the resolve to rescue and treat more dogs, to have better facilities and to build more awareness so that an animal reaches us faster gets stronger.
Moreover, the biggest strength of ResQ is its positivity. And I firmly believe that our positive vibes accelerate the healing of the dogs in the kennel and in the office. Then how can we let tears dampen the positivity??
Further, it is only through ResQ that I have begun to accept death. No matter what we do - If it is not meant to be, it definitely will not be. It is times like these that make us realize our limitations.. And the importance of letting the soul free – To a place that’s devoid of pain, of struggle and flooded with the eternal healer – LOVE!!
-Niketa
tears...tears n..tears!! [:(] it gets so tough at times...buh th history wil repeat-v wil learn a lot from all of it...n do much better n save more lives!!
ReplyDeletei really wanna thank u guys ..coz if it wasnt for ResQ i would have never learnt to deal with so many things especially death the way i can today...
Niketa you could not have put it better. Our lives our touched by souls on a daily basis. What more could we ask for than to be the voice for those who are not heard?
ReplyDeleteI do not know if we will ever succeed in what we have set out to do, but what i do know is that with the team we have now,success seems closer.
and finally...i always say this, its because we care, and because we get so affected, that we still get out everyday wanting to do more. The day it does not affect us, we should be worried.
For every little soul that slipped out of our hands, we owe it to them to make this world a better place.
I am so proud of all of you...of all of us.