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Born today in 1629, Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who pioneered the wave theory of light, invented the pendulum clock, and discovered Saturn's rings and its moon Titan.

Whenever someone asks me “How are you?” I reply with “Entropy!” But have you ever heard of Extropy? A thread: (credits: Extropy Institute, PlanetAakash)

When we adopted two former strays a whole new world opened up, namely the awareness of the global crisis of the amount of homeless dogs. I was baffled. With all of my knowledge on so many matters I simply had no idea. Perhaps that is so because these dogs are being redirected to the fringes of society, where they are kept out of sight, out of heart? First of all: deep respect to all the people who give so much of their time to better the situation, be it shelters or clinics or non-profit adoption agencies. And deep gratitude to those who take these amazing dogs into their homes and make them into family members, and to those who cannot do such a thing, yet still make a difference by donating and raising of awareness on the subject; or feeding, sheltering them. There's an observation I'd like to share: I actually think that the crisis of homeless dogs is nothing less than a crisis of the heart on a global scale... Dogs are all about unconditional love. Heart energy. They live in the moment. They love no matter what happened. They are... nothing short of amazing. I also think that every homeless dog has an owner. But because the heart is closed, and the fear of love hence big, the whisper of the inner voice directing the person towards the critter is too faint for perception, even when they finally meet face to face. Our own story of how we found our loves, and quite unexpectedly so, inspires my above observations (and I might perhaps share it one day). What if the heart energy would flow unobstructed and unshielded, will we solve more global problems faster than we think possible? Stray dogs are a gift to us in these times. And the crisis of the homeless ones is becoming so big, it seems to finally become too big to exile it to the outskirts. So if you can make any difference to these amazing beings, please do. Your heart will thank you, big time. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Image (c) Anna Sasina, taken in a shelter housing former stray dogs.