Lesson Two- How to Live a Bone-afide Life

My owner / grand mom, Suzanne has been home every day since December, because she lost her job after seventeen years due to the messed up economy.  I love that I can hang out with her all day, but I find she observes me more and more, as if she is really seeing me for the first time. I am thankful for that but I have to say it’s kind of freaky, you know what I mean? If I could speak I would say move along, nothing to see here! Just let me do my usual daily dog routine, sleeping, eating, drooling, licking and grunting occasionally.  Lately she is trying to make me say I love you, I really don’t need that kind of pressure. I think I will help her find a job soon, heard that thing she types on for hours on end has great job hunting sites.   Oh, by the way, I have to admit that I do make grunt noises sometimes in response to her command of “Say I love you”, just to give her hope, because I love her and don’t want to let her down.

I do some observing myself regarding human behavior. And one thing that I know is that some humans are not as honest and sincere as they can be. I guess you could say I’m not so much either based on my little ruse I just mentioned, but that’s just a little humoring.  I am referring to how some people are not living a genuine life.  You pretend to be someone else, to please others, but in the end you are left feeling empty and unfulfilled.  I feel lucky that I don’t know how to be anyone else but me, that really makes things easy. I feel bad that it’s a bit more complicated for humans. I can only say, if I could speak that is, that you just have to trust your instincts. Listen to your heart and open your mind and spirit to the wonders of the world.  Don’t live in fear of failing, most failures lead to major successes.  Don’t take my word for it, I’m just a dog, just ask any successful person, and they will agree with me. Don’t contain yourself in a dog crate of sorts, there’s too much living to do. 

As I lay on my chair, couch or bed every day, I can honestly say that I am living a bone-afide life, in fact where is my bone?? I’ll end with this funny little anecdote. I took my owner Suzanne for a walk yesterday, and she was quite worn out by the time it was over. I must say I couldn’t hold in my business, so she had to carry it for many blocks in a plastic bag. The bag was not securely closed and some of the “business” fell on her newly cleaned pants, and she had to smell that all the way home.  I secretly laughed, is that wrong??  Go live, love and laugh today, you humans deserve it!