A Dog for a Day
Dear Father Time, may I please have the last two years of my life back? No? Ah, well, then I guess the only other option is to deal with it. Shit happens. People get sick. People die. Even the very best of us. (We sure miss you, Jim!) People use drugs and whether their B.S. bleeds all over other people’s lives, they go on doing what they do because that’s what they do.
So what do we do?
My advice is: “You do you.”
I woke up this morning, and began to meditate. My youngest sister, Rhonda, came in.
Not into my room. She came into my head the same way she did the night she died.
I started to cry.
“Rhonda, you would not believe what a mess things have become.”
I stopped myself immediately. “This is a choice. I am not going there.”
Shit happens and it hurts but we get to choose whether or not we suffer.
I said to myself, “Sorry, old Cindy, we’ve got better places to be.”
I switched my perspective to the healing that has already occurred in each circumstance I’d been compelled to cry about.
I realized in that moment there is absolutely nothing wrong right now.
Not in this moment.
This moment is nothing but quantum perfection to do with what I will.
My little dog Griffin jumped down from the bed wagging his little tail with enthusiasm, ready to greet the day.
I laughed.
Griffin spun in circles.
“What the heck. Why not?”
I spun in circles.
He spun in more circles and ran around the room.
I spun in circles and ran around the room.
Griffin was so happy!
That was when I decided to be a dog for a day. I would do nothing that didn’t come naturally in the moment. I was determined to stay in the NOW. But where is ‘the now?’
Enter Adam.
👽 It’s the place where magic lives.
👩 What about fear and doubt?
👽 They live in the future, but only if you create them.
👩 What about sorrow and regret?
👽 They live in the past. You don’t live there anymore. You can visit any time you like but why would you choose to revisit sorrow and regret when you can stay right here where magic lives?
👩 Are you sure magic really lives here?
👽 I’m positive. Come outside and see for yourself.
👩 I went outside and saw for myself how every living thing responded to me with enthusiasm as I played my way through my backyard with the dog, invoking the wind to spin the pinwheels, communing with the garden gnomes. “Gnomeo, Gnomeo, where far art thou, Gnomeo?”
👽 Nice job pulling yourself out of the spin, Mom.
👩 Looking at life through Griffin’s eyes, the world is a much happier place. Why is that?
👽 Because dogs live in the moment. Why worry about death and taxes when there are so many trees to pee on and so many butts to sniff?
👩 Nothing against cats, but dogs really are great for lifting your spirits. They truly are man’s best friend. Dogs live for our affection and attention.
Grateful for their unconditional love, their loyalty and companionship, I thought about the dogs in my life. There’s my dog, Griffin; my grand-dog, Rufus; my mom’s dogs, Blackjack and Cheyenne; my nephew’s dog, Remy; my niece’s dogs, Leila and Coco. I thought about how very much their presence adds to our lives, how much they have to teach us, and how much more I have to learn. Lol! 🤣
🎤👩 🎶To all the dogs I’ve loved before who traveled in and out my door, I’m glad you came along, I dedicate this blog to all the dogs I’ve loved before. 🎵
Last, but not least, Remy steals the show! 🤣
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