This is the time of year that I look at the year past, and try to make amends for any wrong doing, and then look ahead to the year to come, hopefully with a clean slate. Dogs don’t know about that stuff. Anything they did, good or bad, is in the past, and they just move on from there. They tend to live in the moment. I aspire to be more like a dog sometimes. The past, is gone, I can remember it and learn from it, but I can not change it. Staying in the past will only make me sad. I always try to be a better human going forward. That is something that I can affect. But, on the other hand, worrying too much about the future can make me anxious. It is best not to go too far out (except maybe with retirement planning :-)). Being present, being in the now, being ‘dog,’ seems to be a great place to be.
Happy Sunday!
This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to Dachshund Nola and Sugar for hosting.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Genevieve Petrillo
October 9, 2016 at 05:06
All humans should strive to be more “dog.” The present is called the present for a reason.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
dogdaz
October 9, 2016 at 08:41
You are definitely a gift, Mr Cupcake.
bumpyroadtobubba
October 10, 2016 at 18:22
Love this one!
dogdaz
October 10, 2016 at 19:11
Thanks so much.
Vicki Flaherty
October 13, 2016 at 21:28
I just had to share this one with our internal Mindfulness@IBM community! Love!
dogdaz
October 13, 2016 at 22:19
Thanks so much. -Lorian