Our relationship had reached a new level. I could plead my humanity, obstinate and continue to tease him. I could hold on to the question of dominance and slammed to the ground. But that would compromise a friendship based on equality of souls; forcing him to surrender, I crippled the love between me and the little creature.
From that attempt to make mischief in Darwin learned that respect is a key instrument to confront the harsh reality of the pecking order not only animals but also of the human hierarchy. Observe be another means to limit themselves. curb your impulse to prevail, requiring him to get off on a lower rung of the ladder of dominance. If you respect the other one has respect for him, and so it is accepted as equals on its peg. Nor should the object of this respect necessarily be human: this is valid for any being.
by William Jordan - A cat named Darwin
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