It was a difficult day for many people,
And yet this same day brought joy to others.
A dog too large made himself quite small,
And a woman confined found her small world quite large for a moment.
Love can make the too small and the too large fit perfectly.
We mustn’t forget, even on the cloudiest of days,
We are meant to bloom,
To transform,
To fly.
And in our remembering we can see the truth of the present moments…
The edges of sunlight around the clouds,
The full moon reflecting light back to us at night,
The hope of the morning glory
And the butterfly.
Once there was a fence between us,
But all i had to do was to climb over it to see You.
The little dog,
Clutched In the arms of a human,
Both frozen in the waiting room,
It was hard to tell who was more scared.
there was no way to tell them,
Above the din,
That they had the power to change their fear to love.
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We all have that power,
The question is how can we know it,
how can we train it?
How can we use it to help heal the world.
Sometimes it seems all you do is watch the rain come down and the water rise…
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With wet paws and damp fur, and quick dashes to confer
With the weather….
Until the clouds clear
Hold me near.
Somedays are filled with more questions than answers.
And answers that lead to more questions….
Follow the leads,
It just might be that to question is the answer.
Life is full of light…
Sometimes the illumination is so bright,
The only One revealed is You.
And somewhere on this path is a dog, and a human and many many bugs…
And an Owl,
Hooting.
The tuxedo cat wasn’t young,
Some might even call him old,
Yet his person still called him his baby.
Living, as he did, in formal attire, knew enough to take these things very seriously.
He knew he was family…..
We are all somebody’s baby….even we strive to to be grownup!
Lessons learned,
Still need to be practiced daily….
With Love.
Most of us can sit, and stand and down….
The question is: are we making our dogs do it on command,
So we can simply have power over them….
or are we simply scared and feel we have to control them,
Because we need to control those we don’t understand.
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Why not teach languages of communication instead,
And learn them as well.
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