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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Five Life Lessons from a Puppy

There are five life lessons to learn from a puppy.

1. Unconditional Love. Puppies forgive and they love again and again... over and over... they do not seek out revenge. A human would do well to love without conditions added to their loves.

2. Balance. A puppy plays hard and lives to give you a great loving experience. Then the puppy plops down and totally relaxes to sleep deeply and soundly. There is balance as the puppy lives, plays, and sleeps. A human would do well to create balance in all aspects of living too...

3. Being in the moment. A puppy doesn't rationalize that he ate twenty minutes ago. He doesn't conceive the idea that food can stay in the bowl for an hour or two more... he will live as though this food is all important and all vital. It doesn't matter that the master will feed him again tomorrow... what matters is the moment NOW! A human would do well to live in each moment too... not to always be focused upon what is going to happen next week or next year. Be IN the moment and truly live in the passion of that moment.

4. Shake it off. A puppy will fall off the couch and just shake it off. The puppy will sometimes have a skirmish with his siblings and as soon as he walks away, he will shake off physically. It is as if he will shake off the negativity that came through the fighting... A human would do well to learn how to shake it off too. It would behoove a person to not hold onto hurts and past experiences, it would do him well to shake it off too.

5. Be a child and grow up when it is only necessary. A puppy will be a puppy even after it grows into maturity at times. It will play a tug of war even when a knee is a bit achy from arthritis. It will run in the meadow as long as it can while the meadow is its outlet and its energy holds up. A human would do good to stay in a childlike persona and keep on staying in the child like attitude of living life as seeing it through a child's eyes. See the world with passion and enthusiasm.

Be like a puppy... live like a puppy.

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