Learn To Love Spiders

There is great benefit in living your life in a world where we appreciate our fellow creatures, all creatures big and small

Wolf spider with her babies, Creative Commons Credit

There is an industry to kill spiders. There is also profit in spreading toxins around to crush cockroaches, murder mosquitoes, annihilate ants, blast beetles, and, of course, many more. But what if we had the freedom to be free of poisons? What if we did not fret so much about their damage? What if we did not automatically follow the social programming that trains the brain to kill, kill, kill? What if, we could learn to appreciate them for what they are, rather than to fear and loathe them, as we have been taught to do?

Common sense allows common solutions

This is not to say we should not effectively prevent malaria, lethal bites (incredibly rare) by black widows, or defend your home from termite damage. All of that kind of prevention makes sense, but our human response is usually overkill, and that has other costs that we don’t always see. There are many ways to control and live with other creatures, however, that do not require toxins. In fact, it is not so difficult to use toxins only as a last resort. More on that later. First, let’s talk about your relationship with the natural world, and why it is so overlooked in your…