{"id":3269,"date":"2016-05-06T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2016-05-06T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:05:31","slug":"supporting-humane-societies-and-getting-in-a-good-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2016\/05\/supporting-humane-societies-and-getting-in-a-good-walk.html","title":{"rendered":"Supporting humane societies and getting in a good walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My neighbor started fostering a cat from our local Heart of the Catskills <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartofthecatskills.org\/\">Humane Society<\/a>. Our grand-daughter visited and we walked over to meet Musafa.<\/p>\n<p>What a charming cat. This blog is to encourage others to foster or adopt pets from local humane societies. It\u2019s also to encourage walking when we can, rather than hope in the car and drive.<\/p>\n<p>We can join those who are striving for \u201cwalkable\u201d cities and villages. You can check you town\u2019s walkability score online at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkscore.com\">www.walkscore.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of God\u2019s creatures have access to moral courage. They move in the harmony of divine law. They are harmless, useful, and indestructible.\u201d &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/science-religion-God-narrative-Science\/dp\/0979545455\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1456142730&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=from+science+and+religion+to+god\">&#8211;<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/science-religion-God-narrative-Science\/dp\/0979545455\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1456142730&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=from+science+and+religion+to+god\">from science &amp; religion to God<\/a>: a briefer narrative of Mary Baker Eddy\u2019s <\/em>Science and Health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2016\/05\/Adam-musafa-and-j.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3270 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2016\/05\/Adam-musafa-and-j-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Adam musafa and j\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My neighbor started fostering a cat from our local Heart of the Catskills Humane Society. Our grand-daughter visited and we walked over to meet Musafa. What a charming cat. This blog is to encourage others to foster or adopt pets from local humane societies. 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