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The real horror of Halloween. Artificial cobweb: a bit of fake fun for you, but a very real and terrifying death for them. If you see your neighbours using it, it's possible they don't know the danger so please print out this simple leaflet and pop it through their door: tinyurl.com/HalloweenHedgeho… The fine, strong synthetic fibres of this lethal 'web' are difficult for animals to see at dusk and can quickly wrap around their legs, wings, and neck, trapping and killing birds, insects and mammals. When Eden the hedgehog struggled to free herself the web tightened, cutting off circulation and causing deep wounds. Can you imagine the pain and sheer terror? And then seeing dawn approach, while hanging there, tightly bound and helpless, only an inch above the ground but suffering slow strangulation. Aside from being stressed, dehydrated, starving and exhausted, she also had horrific bite/peck wounds to her face, where she had been held there, helpless, unable to curl and defend herself, while a predator tried to eat her alive. Tragically her constriction injuries were too severe to survive, and poor Eden had to be put to sleep. If you have used this deadly cruel trap to 'decorate' your garden, I beg you - take it down now. Please spread this vital information, and help save lives.

The stranger who helps me run ❤️ Every morning I run around the lake. I’d love to tell you I glide. I don’t. Somewhere near the two-kilometre mark my legs start drafting their resignation letter, and walking begins to look like a perfectly reasonable life choice. That’s where he sits. A man in meditation by the water, so still the morning seems to settle around him. As I get close he opens his eyes and gives me the most beautiful smile. Then he bows his head and brings his palms together at his heart. Namaste. I smile back. Every single time. We have never spoken. I don’t know his name or his story, and I doubt he realises the red-faced woman puffing past him is having a small existential crisis about whether her legs will carry her another kilometre. Here’s what I’ve noticed, though. My fastest kilometre comes right after I pass him. Most mornings I shave around thirty seconds off my pace. Thirty seconds! I’m starting to suspect that somewhere in his meditation he has picked up a side hustle as my personal running coach. My watch doesn’t believe in miracles, but it keeps recording one. Marianne Williamson says a miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love. I think that’s what happens at the two-kilometre mark. I arrive there with a tired little voice telling me I can’t. A stranger looks at me with love, and something in me remembers that I can. Some mornings I want to stop. I want to sit beside him for a moment, ask how his morning is going and tell him his smile has become a landmark in my day. Sometimes I even want to hug him. Of course I don’t. A smile and a bow are their own complete conversation, and part of the beauty of this little friendship is letting it be exactly that. I do wonder if he knows how far his kindness travels. He has no idea about my hard days, or that some mornings simply getting out the door is its own victory. He just smiles, and somehow that’s enough. I think grace often arrives like this, quietly, through the ordinary kindness of someone who owes us nothing. Namaste holds that whole idea in one gesture: the light in me honours the light in you. It’s a reminder that there’s something worth honouring in every person we pass. Tomorrow I’ll run around the lake again. At two kilometres I’ll start bargaining with my legs, and then I’ll see him sitting in the morning light. He’ll smile and bow his head. I’ll smile back and keep running. So this is my thank you, to the friend I’ve never met. Your stillness carries me further than my legs do. May we never underestimate the kindness we offer in passing. We may never know how far it carries someone. ❤️ Namaste. 🤍kr

A pure moment of kindness feels like you have been in the presence of an Angel. Instantly you recognize the importance of kindness for human & spiritual connection & you feel a love that envelops your heart. You can be somebody's Angel. Without even knowing, you already are✨