Me: Walking dog on dewy early morning, waiting for him to do what he needs to do so that I can go back and work on my “to do” list.
Fritz: Happy to be outside, sniffing the clover, sniffing the grass, sniffing just about everything really, no “to do” list in his mind, just happy.
Hmmm…which one of us had the right idea? Fritz, living the moment….you go, buddy! 🙂 Carpe diem. Slainte, Lisa
“Not all who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
My dog Fritz is one of my heroes. He is now 15 and a half years old, and going strong. 🙂 He can’t hear or see much anymore and has trouble with his back legs, but he doesn’t let that stop him. He does laps around the house, “working out” as we call it. He still enjoys his food to the maximum. He still gets playful at nighttime. And yesterday when I took him for a walk, I almost had to run to keep up with him. Excited, sniffing, eager….and when we got to our final hill of the driveway, he was bounding and pulling at the leash going up the hill. What an inspiration and joy he is to us. My husband and I look at him all the time and say that he is what we want to be like when we get older. Loving life and loving us. What more could you ask for in a dog and a friend. Have a blessed day, and bound up a few hills! Slainte, Lisa
There is an Irish proverb which states:
“It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.”
My dog Fritz and I are here to say that this is a very true statement. I just attempted to take him outside for his morning walk in a steady rain that shows no signs of letting up for the next few days, according to the weatherman. He looked at me at the doorway with the big sad eyes you see here. He is part poodle, and has a distinct dislike of getting his feet wet. I carried a big umbrella, and he pushed that little doggie body as close to my legs as he could. But it was no use. We both got our feet wet, very wet, and the umbrella just seemed silly after awhile. Now that we are both drying off and gearing up for our next foray into the wild, I thought about other stuff, like how I try to make everything in my life seem good and dry and perfect on the outside, while sometimes my shoes, my foundation, my base is leaking. When I lose track of the things that are really important in my life, like God, and my family, and my friends, and start just focusing on my umbrella of how the house looks, how many things I have to get done, my shoes are leaking, and the umbrella is rather silly and useless.
May you have sturdy shoes and no need for an umbrella! 🙂 Slainte, Lisa
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