I've only recently begun to experience the phenomenon of crying for happiness. I heard about it as a child, but didn't know how feeling joy could make one cry--they seemed so incompatible. And then one day a couple years ago it walked up and hit me, at the dolphin show in Six Flags of all places. Seeing the trainers and dolphins playing together struck something deep inside me and I began to cry uncontrollably, leaving my husband at a loss to know what to do with me. I hardly knew what was going on myself. It's happened since then many times when I've witnessed communication and cooperation between humans and animals, especially when they're having fun together.
It brought into relief the intensely loving relationships I've had with my own animals, and makes me wonder what my menagerie might look like in the next life. Big, is all I know now for sure. Does God have a dog? Do they play across the cosmos?
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