While I cannot say what age I was, when I first watched the movie “Doctor Dolittle”, I know that I knew all the way back then that I wanted to be like him!
I wanted to be able to talk to animals, as well as helping them in any way I could. This movie fueled my dreams and imagination with adventures that took me to places unreachable to most. Though the actors were only pretending, and most of the scenes were fantastical, the underlying lessons I took from this movie have stuck with me to this day!
Learning to understand any and all of Gods creatures, was a big part of the Doctors efforts in helping them… how else could he figure out what was wrong and then come up with a solution? He wasn’t magic… in fact, most of the important animals he helped, were helped by the doctor simply stealing them and releasing them into the wild! In my opinion, the whole point of Doctor Dolittle, was that he took the time to listen and learn from nature, and the animals themselves. I remember thinking that the biggest problems for the animals, usually came in the form of ignorant human interference… a world only thinking of their own interests.
All these years later, I’m finding it hard to change my answer here, leaving me to wish for more Doctor Dolittle type attitudes, here in todays current environmental and wildlife issues. Don’t get me wrong, as there are many very valuable organizations out there, dedicating everything to striking a balance between man and nature.
If I could have a dream job, I would desire to be just like Mr. Dolittle, helping to make a difference in the animal kingdom. God placed the animals under our care, sometimes to intercede on their behalf… and sometimes to just remove ourselves, as often times, we are the very cause of natures problem!
Don’t get your panties in a bunch, as they say, because this is just the literary pondering of a whimsical child in the body of a grown woman. It always looks easier on paper…
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