There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. -J. Nehru
Living a Life That's Golden
If you, or someone you know is struggling with an aging animal companion, do not forget for one moment that you and your beloved are connected in heart and mind. When we are faced with the certain (or uncertain) fate of our beloved animal companion we have two choices: We can choose to fall into fear, or we can choose to empower ourselves and our beloveds.
We can cry over the circumstances or we can embrace them fearlessly. We can choose to accept defeat or we can choose to proceed ahead together with an open heart, full of acceptance. We can find creative solutions or we can give up. We can choose to stay angry and resentful about what’s unfolding or we can choose to celebrate their last days on Earth, with them fearlessly. We can sink into the swamps of sadness that steal our joy, or we can stand tall, walk with our beloved joyfully, and celebrate every breath together. We can choose to see sickness and death, or we can choose to see beyond their body; we can see, feel, sense, and know their vibrant, eternal soul within.
We can give up or we can lift ourselves up Together as a Team and ... Give Them a Life That’s Golden.
We can cry over the circumstances or we can embrace them fearlessly. We can choose to accept defeat or we can choose to proceed ahead together with an open heart, full of acceptance. We can find creative solutions or we can give up. We can choose to stay angry and resentful about what’s unfolding or we can choose to celebrate their last days on Earth, with them fearlessly. We can sink into the swamps of sadness that steal our joy, or we can stand tall, walk with our beloved joyfully, and celebrate every breath together. We can choose to see sickness and death, or we can choose to see beyond their body; we can see, feel, sense, and know their vibrant, eternal soul within.
We can give up or we can lift ourselves up Together as a Team and ... Give Them a Life That’s Golden.
Compassionate Considerations
Do you share life with an aging animal companion?
How would you describe their Love for Life?
What makes their heart sing?
What makes their soul soar?
Who were they in their younger years?
Who, what and where did they enjoy most?
Do you have images of your animal companion from back-in-the-day? Find them. Look at them with your animal companion and your family. SEE their young spirit that is alive within them now.
Ask your beloved what they want.
How would they want to spend their last days, weeks, months, or years? What would their Golden Years become if they could choose? What would they want to have, be, see, or do if you would allow it?
Can you see their vibrant soul within their aging body??
It’s still there.
Even when their body begins to fail.
Recognizing their vibrant youth within a geriatric body is one of the greatest gifts you can give your beloveds in every moment of your last days together. Recognizing his/her innate needs, acknowledging their heart's desires, and how much they love life is what we need to see, feel, and know during their last precious days on Earth.
Once we are able to do all of this, we're able to give them a life that's Golden.
How would you describe their Love for Life?
What makes their heart sing?
What makes their soul soar?
Who were they in their younger years?
Who, what and where did they enjoy most?
Do you have images of your animal companion from back-in-the-day? Find them. Look at them with your animal companion and your family. SEE their young spirit that is alive within them now.
Ask your beloved what they want.
How would they want to spend their last days, weeks, months, or years? What would their Golden Years become if they could choose? What would they want to have, be, see, or do if you would allow it?
Can you see their vibrant soul within their aging body??
It’s still there.
Even when their body begins to fail.
Recognizing their vibrant youth within a geriatric body is one of the greatest gifts you can give your beloveds in every moment of your last days together. Recognizing his/her innate needs, acknowledging their heart's desires, and how much they love life is what we need to see, feel, and know during their last precious days on Earth.
Once we are able to do all of this, we're able to give them a life that's Golden.
Below is a short film that I created as a tribute to our King Albert The Grey. I hope this inspires you to give your aging animal companion a Life that’s Golden.
All of the adventures and escapades Albert had in his youth had never left him; he still wanted to have those even as he aged, and as illness set in. He still wanted to try new things. He wanted to live bravely and fiercely, even at 17+ years of age. Albert wanted to be able to relish everything that life had to offer him: the scents on the breeze; the grass, soil, and sand between his paw pads; the Earth’s healing energy under his body; the warm sun on his face; the wind in his whiskers. These were some of his favorite things. This is what Albert wanted every day of his life. So this is what we gave him during his last days on Earth.
The Golden Years In Pictures
The picture gallery below is a beautiful reminder that we have the power to create miracles and magic during trying times. We CAN give our animal companions a Golden Life, no matter where they are on their journey. An aging body and life-threatening illness doesn't have to be the end of their days. These circumstances can be the beginning!
The animal companions pictured in this gallery have passed on to their new life. Thankfully, the grief from their passing is surpassed by the love and adventures their people gave them during their last days on Earth.
The amazing moments these cherished souls were given at the end of their physical life chapter will remain in their hearts for all time. Their people knew what they needed, wanted, and wished for up until their last breath. Their people generously gave their beloved animal companion the gift of living life to the fullest.
During their last days on Earth they ALL lived a Golden Life.
The amazing moments these cherished souls were given at the end of their physical life chapter will remain in their hearts for all time. Their people knew what they needed, wanted, and wished for up until their last breath. Their people generously gave their beloved animal companion the gift of living life to the fullest.
During their last days on Earth they ALL lived a Golden Life.
Ea Nigada Qusdi Idadadvhn
(Cherokee for “All my relations in creation”)
If you would like your animal companion to be featured here, to highlight how they lived a golden life during their last days on Earth, you are welcome to contact Conscious Companion.
If you are interested in discovering a deeper insight into their desires during their Golden Years, you have come to the right place. Conscious Companion can guide you as you walk together on this journey.
If your beloved has passed on from this world, you have found someone who is truly empathetic to this experience. We can provide insights to help your family find peace of mind.
There are many levels of life which we cannot see and know, yet which certainly exist.
There is a larger world, vast enough to include immortality ... Our spiritual natures belong to this larger world
... If death is apparently an outward fact, immortality is an inner certainty. - M. Hall
To die will be an awfully big adventure.— J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
