In one of Ajahn Brahm past talk, he mentioned that when mosquito is buzzing around you, disturbing your sleep and so on, they are doing a favour to teach us something. You can read the talk here.
In which reminds me of one of my fur boys. I still keep in touch with the shelter owner to update her about the situations I’m facing and she said he taught me a lot.
I second that statement.
I never have a pet before, but somehow, I’m drawn to it. When I went to adopt them there wasn’t any tutorial how to be a pawrent. Luckily I have friends with experience and they are my emotional support.
But sometimes when we are the one experiencing it, we can’t see it clearly and focus on the painful part than trying to see the silver lining of it.