H?z?ln?t w?s ? sm?ll ??? w?? c?m? t? m? in ? t???i?l? c?n?iti?n. H? w?s skin ?n? ??n?s, n??l?ct?? ?? ?is ?wn ?wn?? ??? ? l?n? tіm?. As I l??k?? ?t ?im, I c??l?n’t ??l? ??t ???l ?n??? ?n? s?? ?t t?? s?m? tіm?. T???? w?s n? ???s?n ??? ?n ?wn?? t? l??v? ?is ??? in s?c? ? st?t?.
B?t I t?i?? t? c?nt??l m? ?n??? ?n? s?m??t?iz? wit? H?z?ln?t. H? n????? m? ??l? ?n? c???, n?t m? ?n???. All t?sts s??w?? t??t ?? w?s s?????in? ???m ???v? vi??s ?is??s?, ? s??i??s c?n?iti?n t??t ????i??? imm??i?t? t???tm?nt.
W? ?isc?ss?? t?? ??st c???s? ?? ?cti?n ?n? ??ci??? t? t?k? ?im t? t?? ?????tin? ???m. In ???iti?n, w? ?ls? ??ci??? t? ?s? ?c???nct??? ?s ? l?n?-t??m ??in-??li?vin? t???tm?nt. H?w?v??, ??? t? t?? ??l???? t???tm?nt, ?is m?scl?s ?i?n’t ??s??n? w?ll t? t?? ?l?ct?ic c????nt, ?n? w? n????? t? c?m?in? it wit? ???sic?l t??????.
H?z?ln?t’s ??c?v??? w?s sl?w ?n? ?i??ic?lt. H? c??l?n’t ??t ?? ?? w?lk, ?n? ?is ?wn?? n?v?? c?m? ??ck t? visit ?im. It w?s ????t-w??nc?in? t? s?? ?is s?? ?x???ssi?n ?v??? ???, ??t ?? ?i?n’t ?iv? ??. H? t?i?? t? ??c?m? ??tt?? ?v??? ???, ??tin? ????l??l? ?n? s???l?m?ntin? wit? ???lt?? n?t?i?nts. W? ?i? ?c???nct??? ??il?, ?n? s??n, H?z?ln?t st??t?? ??s??n?in? w?ll t? t?? t???tm?nt.
Alt????? ?is ??c?v??? w?s ????n? m? im??in?ti?n, H?z?ln?t still c??l?n’t w?lk n??m?ll?. H? n????? ? st??ll?? ?n? ???sic?l t?????? t? ??t ?im m?vin?. B?t ?is ??si?? t? w?lk w?s st??n? ?n? ?n?l?ss, ?n? ?? n?v?? ??v? ??.
W? ?s?? t?? swimmin? m?t??? t? ??l? ?im m?v? ?is l??s, ?n? it w?s ? ????kt?????? ??? H?z?ln?t. H? ??in?? w?i??t ?n? w?s c???? ??? in ? ?????ssi?n?l m?nn??, ?l?n? wit? ?t??? ?is??l?? ???s. His ??sili?nc? ?n? ??t??min?ti?n w??? ??mi???l?, ?n? I c?????? ?n? ???is?? ?im w??n?v?? ?? ?c?i?v?? s?m?t?in?.
H?z?ln?t’s ??st ?? ??i?? ?n? illn?ss s??m?? t? ??v? c?m?l?t?l? ?is???????? ???m ?is ???n? s??l. His li?? w?s m?c? ??tt?? n?w, v??? ???lt??, v??? ?????, ?n? v??? ???c???l. H? w?s ?n? ?? t?? m?st ??sili?nt ???s I ??v? ?v?? s??n, ?n? ?is st??? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? c???.
As I l??k ??ck ?n H?z?ln?t’s j???n??, I ???liz? t??t ?ll t?? s??????, ??st-?????tiv? c???, n?t?iti?n, ?n? t???tm?nt w??? im???t?nt, ??t t??? w???n’t ?s im???t?nt ?s ?is will t? liv?. H?z?ln?t ??? ? st??n? ??si?? t? liv?, ?n? ?? ?????t ?v??? ??? t? m?k? t??t ?????n.
His st??? s??v?s ?s ? ??min??? t??t l?v? is t?? c??? ?? li??. It is t?? l?v? ?n? c??? t??t ???n ?? n?w liv?s ??? ?nim?ls wit? ???k ??t?s. H?z?ln?t’s j???n?? w?s ? ?i??ic?lt ?n?, ??t ?is ??sili?nc? ?n? ??t??min?ti?n m??? it ?ll w??t?w?il?.
W? m?st ?ls? ??m?m??? t??t t?is ???s?k?n ???’s st??? is n?t ?n is?l?t?? inci??nt. C??ntl?ss ?nim?ls ????n? t?? w??l? ?n???? simil?? s?????in? ??? t? n??l?ct ?n? ???n??nm?nt. B? s?????tin? ?nim?l w?l???? ????niz?ti?ns, ??v?c?tin? ??? st??n??? ?nim?l ???t?cti?n l?ws, ?n? ???m?tin? ????ti?n ?n? ??s??nsi?l? ??t ?wn??s?i?, w? c?n c?ll?ctiv?l? w??k t?w???s ? w??l? w???? n? ?nim?l is l??t t? ?n???? s?c? ??in ?n? s?????in?.
L?t t?? ?li??t ?? t?is n??l?ct?? ??? ?? ? c?t?l?st ??? c??n??. L?t it ins?i?? ?s t? ?? t?? v?ic?s ??? t?? v?ic?l?ss, t?? ???t?ct??s ?? t?? v?ln????l?, ?n? t?? ??v?c?t?s ??? t?? ??m?n? t???tm?nt ?? ?ll livin? ??in?s. T???t???, w? c?n st?iv? ??? ? w??l? w???? n? ?nim?l is ???s?k?n, ?n? w???? l?v?, c???, ?n? c?m??ssi?n ??? t?? ?ill??s t??t s?????t t??i? w?ll-??in? ?n? ????in?ss.