The Thought That Stayed With Me
That night, long after we got home, I couldn’t sleep.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that bag lying by the road. I imagined how long it might have been there — how scared that little creature must have felt in the dark, waiting for help that might never have come.
And I thought about the driver who had thrown it out — someone who, at some point, had looked at that living being and decided it was disposable.
It broke my heart. But it also reminded me of something else: that cruelty and kindness exist side by side in this world, and every day, we get to choose which one we add to.
We didn’t save every abandoned animal that day. We didn’t fix the world.
But for one small, trembling soul — we made a difference.
And maybe, that’s how change really begins.
