As you may now know, I have a possibly unhealthy obsession with my dog. He is my little sunshine and forces me to get out of bed and walk at the crack of dawn to get my day started. He also is the perfect size little round fur ball that finds his way to sleep curled under my neck. It is ridiculously cute.
One thing about dogs is, they have this unconditional love thing that many human just cannot grasp. They will love their owner through thick and thin, after being left alone all day or yelled at for getting in to the trash.
What if we could all have the ability to love this way, looking past ALL flaws, holding no grudges. What a world we would live in!
Yesterday hubby was telling me about a situation with people close to him that upset him and how he was not talking to them at the moment. Now, I am the Queen of initial overreactions and grudge holding when someone does me dirty, but lately, I have taken a different stance. For me, people have come and gone from my life for many reasons; whether death, relocation, or just drifting apart. My philosophy now is, I would rather have that person here and living, sometimes pissing me off, than not around at all. So, forgiveness is coming easier and much quicker. Holding grudges may help you justify in your head that you were “right” but really, it does nothing to display your success and the others wrong to the world, and really we should not be concerned with that anyway.
My dog holds no grudges. In fact, at the moment he should probably be pretty beefed that he has been whining to get out of bed and walk the past half hour, instead, he has curled up back in the nook of my neck.
Day 23: happiness is a warm puppy, that loves unconditionally, forgives easily, maybe does not forget wrongs and lessons learned, but does not hold grudges. Another lesson learned from my precious poodle.