To love the Earth and all she holds is to accept and love yourself. Your totem animals can help you to acheive this inner peace and acceptance. By honoring your totem animals, you will be able to acheive a happier, healthier, phsyical, emotional, mental and spiritual state of being. You will begin to love yourself. As the circle closes, you will begin to love and honor the Earth and all her creations.
People often ask how to go about finding their totem.
The quick answer to this question is, you don't. Before we discuss how to prepare yourself for a state of being where you will be ready to receive those messages, let's take a moment to discuss the ways you will NOT find the answers to your questions, why these methods are incomplete, and why they will be limited in their value to you. They do not necessarily apply to your specific situation. They gloss over the most prominent characteristics of an animal and the most often encountered lessons, but do not begin to cover the many various lessons possible or the finer nuances. These cards could be compared to reading your daily horoscope in the local newspaper, where the astrologer has no idea exactly where or when you were born.