WHAT YOUR DOG REALLY THINKS ABOUT YOU

I am your dog, and I have a little something I’d like to whisper in your ear; I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life.
Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way my dark brown eyes look at yours? They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The grey hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle. You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrongdoing for just a simple moment of your time?
That is all I ask; To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that screen, of others of my kind, passing.Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat. Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep, to run free in a distant land.
I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just “One more day” with me.
Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me on the floor, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come to me not as “alpha” or as “trainer” or even “Mom or Dad,” come to me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one another’s eyes, and talk. I may tell you something about the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something profound about myself or even life in general. You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am.
I am a dog, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses, and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a “Dog on two feet” — I know what you are. You are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still.
Now, come sit with me, on the floor. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper to my ears.
Speak with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self. We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short.
So please… come sit with me now and let us share the precious moments we have together.

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One More Chance Never Comes

"Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation,

one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would

be here forever?  If so, then you know you can go your whole life

  

collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back."

~ Mitch Albom, For One More Day

What We Learned From Winnie The Pooh

19 Incredibly Wise Truths We Learned From Winnie The Pooh

Winnie the Pooh has been around since 1924. He has lead many of us through the Hundred Acre Wood with his fun adventures.

He has shared with us inspiring wisdom that will forever resonate in our hearts. Even though this article does not really do this justice it is a small look into the priceless wisdom that was given.

1. Piglet: “How do you spell ‘love’?” Pooh: “You don’t spell it…you feel it.”
2. “You are braver than you believe. Stronger than you seem. And smarter than you think.”
3. “The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
4. “If the person you are talking to does not appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in this ear.”
5. “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.”
6. “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen.”
7. “Sometimes the smallest things take the most room in your heart.”
8. “Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
9. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
10. “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
11. “Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
12. “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
13. “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
14. “Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.”
15. “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.”
16. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”
17. “Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more… to give way to the happiness of the person you love.”
18. “A day spent with you is my favourite day. So today is my new favourite day.”
19. “How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

42 Lessons About LIfe by Regina Brett

This is something we should all read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the end!!!!!!

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 42 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short – enjoy it..

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

9. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

10. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

11. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it...

14 Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

15. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

16. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

17. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

18. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

19. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

20. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

21. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

22. The most important sex organ is the brain.

23. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

24. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

25. Always choose life.

26. Forgive but don’t forget.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does..

31. Believe in miracles.

32. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

33. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

34. Your children get only one childhood.

35. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

36. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

37. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

38. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have not what you need.

39. The best is yet to come...

40. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

41. Yield.

42. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

A Poem about Alzheimer's & Dementia

Beauty In Imperfection and Intellectual Depth in Nature

"Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection

and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle

of growth, decay and death.

It's simple, slow, and uncluttered - 

and it reveres authenticity above all.

It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other

marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind.

It reminds us that we are all but transient beings on this planet -

that our bodies as well as the material world around us

are in the process of returning to the dust from which we came."

Author unknown

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT

Life

Your Smile...

Nature

"Study nature, ,

love nature,

stay close to nature.

It will never fail you."

Frank Lloyd Wright

THE INQUIRY

Zodiac signs by Lena Kotilarker


THE INQUIRY

I asked Fear if it knew Love

"That dreadful thing?'  Fear gave a shrug

"I've heard that it is nice and all, But in its

weak hands you'll surely fall."

I asked Anger if it knew Love

"Of course I do!"  Then gave a shove

"No one loves as well as me.  That's what's

wrong with all you see!"

I asked Guilt if it knew Love.

"I've heard that it dwells high above,

in a Crystal Palace filled with light,

unreached by we who weep all night."

Hatred jumped into the fray

"Just shut-up fool and go away!

"You know that Myth does not exist!  So rise

with me and shake your fist!"

I inquired of Wisdom what to do

"Do you know this Motley Crew?"

I cried and said:  "You know I do."

She smiled and whispered:

"They don't know you."
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