愛，從來都是一個永恆的課題，人來到這世上，一生所追求與學習的，不正是愛嗎？LOVE, it is always a topic for lifelong learning. We come to this world, pursuing for lifelong learning, isn't that is LOVE?
普遍人對愛的定義很表面，可是，我們從動物身上，你不曾看到牠們因為你變老、醜、病、殘疾而嫌棄你，牠們的愛是無條件地奉獻，短暫的一生，就只有愛。
A lot of people understand LOVE on a superficial level. However, you will never see animals withholding their love to you, regardless of your age or looks, whether you are healthy or sick, or with disability, their love is unconditional with dedication. With their short life span, they give you all their love.
作為主人 ，每天上班下班，應酬，回到家只想倒頭大睡，而作為寵物，牠們每天就是送你出門，等你回來，守護你一整晚...牠的一生，便只有你！而你給牠的食物、讚賞、擁抱，便是牠的一切。
Every day you go to work, go out at night and have fun, and then you go home and just fall asleep. For pets, they walk you out every day, waiting for you to come home, wanting to play with you and safe guarding you while you are asleep. This is pretty much what they do with their life, everything is about YOU! In return, the food you give them, your appreciation, kisses and hugs are all they have.
人的愛有時很複雜，有很多計算，投放感情時會看是否值得？動物沒有這個機制，牠如何愛你，會毫不掩飾，盡情表達。
LOVE in human sometimes can be very complicated. Before investing in LOVE, there is a lot of calculation to see if it is worthwhile? Animals do not have this mind set. They are direct without any condition, you see their LOVE through their eyes, their joyous expression on their face when looking at you.
不幸地有些寵物會被主人遺棄，使牠們一生都帶著陰影。雖然主人把牠們棄之而後快，但牠們卻依然對主人念念不忘。
Unfortunately, some pets are being abandoned by their owner. It leaves psychological effect to their rest of their life with abandonment. People discarded them as if they are just a piece of furniture; the owner never knows how much their pet misses them regardless what they did to them.
作為一個動物傳心師，曾接觸不少曾被拋棄的小動物，你可感受到牠們內心那份苦澀，沉重，那份傷害，就算有年月的洗禮，也會是牠一生中的遺憾。
As an animal communicator, I have had a lot of contacts with many abandoned animals. You can feel the bitterness in their heart, broken and lonely. Even after so many years, you can still feel the sorrow in their life.
我不禁地想，為何上天會有這份安排，讓牠們的生命來陪伴人類，而我們在動物身上要學習什麼呢？
I cannot help thinking, why would God make such arrangement of having animals accompany human? What do we need to learn from these animals?
一把慈愛的聲音娓娓道來：
A loving voice gently says:
"小動物的愛是很單純的，這是和人類有很大的不同，其實愛從來都是很簡單，只是人類把它複雜了，人如能從小動物身上學習愛的態度和精神，他們便不會像現在一樣受那麼多苦: 生苦、老苦、病苦、死苦、怨憎會苦、愛別離苦、求不得苦及五取蘊苦。這些都是人類煩惱的根源，在小動物身上，牠們只有忠誠，純真的心去對待主人或伴侶。
"Love in animals is very pure, it is very different from human. In fact, love has always been simple, just the human made it complicated. If human can learn from animals by looking at their attitude and behaviour, human will not have so much suffering in life. The eight tribulations for human are: Suffering of birth, old age, sickness, death, being apart from loved ones, being together with the despised one, not getting what one wants, and the flourishing of the Five Skandhas. These are the root cause of human sufferings. In animals, they only have loyalty and a pure heart for the owner or partner.
在動物世界，牠們都有不同處理自己的感情方式，如雀鳥，牠們大多是終一伴侶的，但在人身上是比較困難，人奉承用法律來綑綁一段感情，其實愛早已拋掉，雀鳥沒有任何律法，可是卻願彼此伴隨一生。狗的世界雖然並非對伴侶專一，可是牠們卻願意把心獻給主人，對其忠誠一生，這是我們應向動物世界學習的地方，一顆單純的心，正是人類與生俱來卻又被世俗所感染而變得複雜，把真愛隱藏，沒有人願意真正打開心扉去愛，怕受傷，怕痛。
In the animal world, they have different ways to handle their feelings, for example, with birds; most of them only have one partner. It is something very different in human world, we tied our marriage by law, in fact, our trust in love has long been gone. There is no law in bird's world, but they can stay with each other for the whole lifetime. In dog's world, although it may not have one single partner, they are willing to give their heart and loyalty to their master. We should learn from the animal world and their purest heart. Human is born with LOVE, however, it has been complicated by the secular infection so we hide our true love; no one is willing to open up their heart to love, with the fear of being hurt and afraid of the pain.
小動物無私的愛正是我們心靈上的一道清泉，能看見感受到的話，自己也能從牠們當中獲益，你們都是大自然的一份子，應是無分彼此，這是一個大同世界，這宇宙是你們的，不是人類獨佔的，能在小動物身上看見愛，也能看見自己身上帶著愛，這都是神所祝福人類的。
Animals' selfless love shows us the clear definition and example of true love. If we could see and feel their LOVE, we will be able to benefit and learn from them. We are all part of the nature and this Universe; there is no differentiation of you and me. The Universe is yours, but it is not human-exclusive. If you see the LOVE in animals, you will be able to see it in you; this is also the blessing of God to humans.
當你懂得欣賞和愛上世上的一草一木，你便懂得什麼是愛，人類終其一生要學習怎樣去愛，從小動物身上去看，去了解，你便會知道你們是何等乏善可陳，放下你們的面具，一起體驗這個充滿愛的世界，這是你們一直擁有，卻一直放棄，記得愛牠們等於愛自己，等於神愛你。＂
When you know how to appreciate and love the plants and trees of the world, you will know what love is. We have been searching for LOVE in our lifetime, just take a moment to look at LOVE in animals, try to understand, you will slowly take off your mask, revealing your true-self and experience this world full of love. Remember, you have LOVE with you at all time, you might just have it hidden somewhere. Remember, loving the animals means loving yourself, it also means the love of God. '
二月，一個表達愛的月份，就向世上的小動物和你所愛的人，說一聲我愛你吧！
February, a month of expressing love. Let's love all the animals and the people in this world and tell them "I love you!"
Lolita Yiu
