I have been watching YouTube videos recently and so many
have volunteers working at animal shelters. I get the feeling that a lot of
these folks are working purely out of undefined compassion and love for animals.
There is no other way to explain it. Nobody can be motivated by a branded
t-shirt that a shelter provides perhaps three times a year to spend that much
time with animals, working with animals that are often injured, horrifically
uncared for, and often in a state of neglect that seems frightening. But then, I
also see the other side of it. Some people need this to heal themselves,
placate a mind that wanders too much, or often give way to temptations that
are highly destructive.
