Correlation? Coincidence? Or something else???
First an foremost I need to say and I want to be clear. I am not suggesting that a dog is a deity or a being that deserves our worship. What I am trying to convey is that I believe that there are aspects of our relationship with our dog or our dogs relationship with us that we can learn from, and in some ways will allow us to reflect on the relationship we have with our God or a higher power depending on your personal and spiritual philosophies. As a Christian I see aspects of unconditional love, unwavering loyalty
Boy oh boy this can go so many directions and of course effect different people in vastly different ways. However my point is to merely take a look at a reflection in how our dogs can help us to learn and exhibit behaviors that may serve as examples of how our God loves us. As I write this article I reflect on what I hope to use this blog for. As a way to communicate to the world from my perspective and how I can potentially share my experiences with my dog and how those experiences may help others to have a better relationship with their animals. Not only that but I am hoping that it will also serve as a way to share thoughts, ideas and philosophies on life. I think everything we do, everything that we experience serves us with life lessons that we can either learn from or simply take the lesson for what it is. My typical approach to life is to learn and move on. This is an easy concept to state it is a hard concept to actually live by on a daily basis.
Well where do our dogs tie into this? How in the world does that make our dog anything like God? And aren’t you overlooking the fact that this correlation doesn’t exist in any other written language? (Stupid Author)
This is a concept I have thought about many times when I walk with my dog, this is a concept that I think about when my dog demonstrates that he is happy to see me no matter what. Even if it has been too long since I fed him he is happy to see me. If I left him in his crate longer than I should have he is happy to see me, if it has been to long since I let him out last he is happy to see me. A dog’s love is unconditional.