animals

["the stumbled one"]

Try as I might to be conscientious and loving (e.g., long-time veg*n), I accept that I harm (have harmed, and will harm) life forms regularly ... rather intentionally or unintentionally, directly or indirectly. I decided to make peace with this destructive, shadow part of me ... work in progress.

Being in nature, encountering 2D (and 1D) life forms ground me, calm me, and open up opportunities for me to see more, be more and to process.

This concept has been in my mind too.
Things are neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so.
Pet Cats are a good solution, but their methods are far from humane, then you will have more mouths to feed than the mice.  What I have found is every time I try to redefine a balance (as in less mice), my attempts always created more imbalance in one way or another.  The more I try to deal with it the more complex it becomes, then more complexities require more solutions.  Like a Tom and Jerry cartoon.  Its called interference in my mind.  A Hindu technician that came to my house once to repair rat damage in the air conditioner said "Never, ever curse or swear at them... be kind in your thoughts or you will be overrun by them."  

Learning to live with them may leave a few holes in your house that is socially unacceptable, but I found a less interfering approach has always solved my imbalances since.

The Creator is truly remarkable in how everything moves in a point of balance, any deviation from the plan of complexities including a mere thought, to me shows just how much we are an integral part of that system.