Animals helped me survive, they helped show me the meaning of adapting, their greatest skill and lesson. They do not agonize over the past, worry about the future. As much as any Buddhist master, they live in the moment, all there is is what is now. What a lesson for me, for us. Lulu is not explaining why she couldn’t cross, not worrying about it, she moved across the new bridge to the think grass in her new meadow with her herd, and she was at ease, at peace. Animals are great teachers for me, as long as I listen to them and open myself up to their messages. Yesterday, the gate was an obstacle she couldn’t cross. Today, it was simply a way over.