You should know I wasn't comparing humans to apes. I was giving examples, that's all. The point is - we are all "trained" from birth. Our parents, our teachers, our religious leaders all shape us. They shape the next sentence we type on the computer to the 2-hour conversation about the price of used Harley Davidson Electra Glides in a down economy. We are what we are taught. Our words and feelings are interpretations of that.

If we are taught that making love is a joining of heart, mind, soul and life - then that's how we feel about it. If we are not taught anything at all and then dumped into our media system to watch how it's presented there - then we will feel entirely different about it. Raised by apes, act like apes, right? We do then add our own life learnings into that, reshaping our minds and emotions.

You have to know, though, that I am someone who knows for sure that animals besides humans have spirit. I cannot sustain the training that I was through as a child which told that only humans have spirit. So, I believe we can learn from the animals - including the Bonobo (does not partner), the duck (who partners for life) and all sorts of others.

We're all unique - but we're all in this together. Isn't it a wild ride?