Seymour- That was also extremely helpful. I find most of the things I truly, truly analyze are psychological theories and myself. I want to know every facet and flaw of humanity- it thrills me.
My career path is actually veterinary care-- which I'll explain so that more of myself can be exposed and maybe it will help you guys more...
As a kid I always ended up liking animals better than people. This was because as an outcast with a working single mother, I had few people to depend on. My confidants were limited to my older brother and my black lab. So on days when my brother would leave me alone in the front yard because I was too slow, or too silly, or too much of a girl to follow along, the only thing I had to relate to was my dog.
And she was loyal.
From that alone, I learned something-- animals are expressive, they are caring, they know whether you are sad or excited and they will join you in these feelings. Dogs will lick tears off your face, and they will lay by you and protect you while you sleep. Animals, I've found, were all the things I wanted people to be: loyal, compassionate, protective, loving, genuine. I've never witnessed a malevolent act or act of coercion or manipulation by an animal. Even when they do act violent, it is due to some provocation. I feel it is unfair that these most genuine of things are voiceless, and often abused. My heart goes out to them, so my interest in helping them for the entirety of my life is my desire to protect something I view as perfect. The fact that I could spend my days saving lives of companions to people and therefor pleasing the people is rather secondary but still positive.