We have a little black 13-pound dog, she is half poodle/half dachshund. (yes, one day Penelope looks all poodle, the next all hot dog) She recently has been under my feet. I turn the corner and kick her, I bump into her, I even stepped on her ear the other day. We have had her for two years and never has this happened.
Sure, she is my shadow any other time but this past month she is more than a shadow, an extension of me. Why you might be asking?
My brother is very sick, he has cancer. He is in the final stages of his life and I have highs and lows each day. Any emotion a person can have, I have experienced it in the past month. I even am experiencing an absent mind. Just the other day we had a few girls over, the day we made the plans, I offered to bring them home. The day they were here, 50 minutes passed before I realized they were still here because I was supposed to bring them home.
Through it all, Penelope is right at my feet because dogs know when we are off kilter. They know this because they live in the present, they do not have a focus on the past and they sure are not thinking about the future.
My lesson, our lesson, is taking a page out of Penelope’s book- stay in the moment, control the moment. Nothing productive can come out of rehashing could have/would have and nothing can change the future that is coming.
Just be right here, right now.
I am sorry to hear about your brother. There are many life lessons to learn from dogs.
Hope your brother pulls through Tric… and yes, dogs do have that uncanny understanding of the human mind
Do take care, and as the positivity of your posts… things will end up well
Andy
One of your best posts. xoxo