Satisfying repairs

A big part of our life should be about repair. Most of us are devoted to something, feel strongly and perhaps act strongly about the most important issues in our lives. It may be care for trees, for children, for peace, whatever it is we want to repair it if it’s broken or harmful.
But however noble our repairs are, unless we find ways to enjoy the repair process itself, we won’t keep it up. Eventually the novelty will wear off and it’ll look too much like hard work; we won’t have enough motivation to do long term repairs.
Whether we get good results or bad results, the thing we want to repair must be so important to us that to risk losing it or see it harmed would be unbearable. The ‘subject’ under threat might well be satisfying in itself, dealing with it, contemplating it working on it. A hobby, a fascination, a cause perhaps. Most great causes are controversial and not altogether black or white. There is mixed reaction because it probably affects all people who will react in totally different ways.
Certainly Animal Rights is like that in as much as the subject is ever fascinating. It has so many facets and implications. Certainly it is under threat as the attack on animals increases. Today there are many people on the trail of the bad guys who do these terrible things to animals, especially those making a living out of it. They are probably passionate about their livelihood as we are about bringing it to an end. Thamachine they see as working we see as a catastrophe. It’s a very significant subject concerning all of our race, that we think needs urgent attitude-repair. So, yes, if we’re into repair on this scale it’s best we get close to the subject itself. Enjoy dealing with it, on whatever level.
By connecting personal fulfilment with practical repair work, we can make changes less painful and actually enjoy the work involved. By deciding to become vegetarian (no longer using meat and products taken from animals’ bodies and thereby keeping our health as well as keeping animals off death row) we appoint ourselves repairers. When we get into liberating animals then almost anything we do we prmarily do for them, and so it is going to be satisfying.