Is mankind truly "more" than animal kind? Sure, we have a capacity for greatest good, because of our abilities in thinking, building, and adapting, but so many of us do not live up to that promise...

If the animals were in charge of the earth, I think we would not be facing (running away from, whatever) our environment and sociological crises.

Many indigenous cultures see animals as the teachers of humanity. They are nearer to nature and therefore more innocent than we are.

Of course, animals start acting wierd after experiencing famine, so maybe humans are just still feeling the results of the scarcity during the Ice Age... rather than truly 'doing evil' or 'sinning'. Acting out of scarcity is a sin, acting for ourselves alone, when our capacity for love has been blocked, is a sin. But are we truly more than animals?

Is the caretaker more than the garden, or do they each need the other for completion?

Can we live in partnership and true stewardship with Nature?

I wish that it could be so.