The bear has always found me needing to notice it and offering my interest toward it. I have always lived under nature’s light and because of that have often met the bear. He is not, for the most part, what others have storied him to be. For most people, the bear is to be feared and can only smile with dangerous teeth and claws. The odd thing is that; for a meek and careful person I do not fear the bear any more than I fear myself. I respect him (or her) as a large, powerful and magnificent creature. However, in these present days there are many different circumstances of meeting a bear.
The wild and natural bear expects to be admired and respected. They eat grass to distraction in the lowlands when they first wake and then move to higher elevations during the summer in search of berries and finally they settle in the lowlands where they store winter protein and fats that are brought to them by returning salmon. These bears have their own life and their own busy path to walk. They only ask for respect and space.
Garbage bears, however, know our smell and resent their dependence on us for food and sometimes for shelter near our neighborhoods. They have no choice but to trust us for their safety. They fear us and they need us. Like matches and gasoline those two things just don't ever find comfort with each other. Bears that live near people have seldom learned love from us... Draw care quickly from your mind when you meet these bears - because you never know what they see in your smile. You never know how they will answer your presence.
The wild and natural bear expects to be admired and respected. They eat grass to distraction in the lowlands when they first wake and then move to higher elevations during the summer in search of berries and finally they settle in the lowlands where they store winter protein and fats that are brought to them by returning salmon. These bears have their own life and their own busy path to walk. They only ask for respect and space.
Garbage bears, however, know our smell and resent their dependence on us for food and sometimes for shelter near our neighborhoods. They have no choice but to trust us for their safety. They fear us and they need us. Like matches and gasoline those two things just don't ever find comfort with each other. Bears that live near people have seldom learned love from us... Draw care quickly from your mind when you meet these bears - because you never know what they see in your smile. You never know how they will answer your presence.
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