Why hurt if we can’t heal?

Homo Sapiens — we are, supposedly, the intelligent ones on this planet EARTH. We are so intelligent that we use others — animals or people — as per our need and discard them when we don’t need them.

What am I trying to say?

Feeling alone — adopt a dog — got a company — discard the dog again! I am using the word discard, and not abandon. One discards materialistic things, and that is how we must feel for our wagging friends; else, how can one really use and throw them.

Can I really say anything more if we humans can abandon our parents also? Yeah, we are intelligent enough to know that our parents have become old and can not be of any help.

Why does it hurt me?

In my early years into corporate world, I had a chance to visit an old-age home. Nestled in a forested area, away from the hustle-bustle of city, this peaceful abode of the old people changed something in me. They were happy in their new life. But, still, you could clearly feel the pain they had endured. The pain of getting abandoned by their own children , the pain of realizing that they are no longer “loved”, the pain of realizing that they are no longer part of the lives of those very kids who were center of their world.

These 4 legged cuties — the dogs — they cant talk, but you can see the pain in their eyes too. Imagine a small puppy — who was adopted, then abandoned again. Was not he already made to abandon his own mother for the sake of more intelligent beings. And, only thing this innocent puppy needs is love and we deny it of even this basic emotion. Why to hurt if you can not heal?

We, the sapiens, why we can’t be a little thoughtful towards others. Why can not we care a little for others and give them the love they need. Is it asking too much?