My Dog’s Teachings on Struggle I started several essays this month but have been so distracted by news out of Gaza, etc. that I left them hanging. So here is a piece I drafted in 2019, which I think has resonance if not relevance. At about 2:30 this morning, I hear my dog, Melau, panting and pacing around, his nails clicking on the bamboo floor. I reach out to pet and stroke him to ease the pain of his arthritis. He doesn’t settle. I get up and give him water. He drinks but keeps panting in my face. I get up again and give him pain medicine hidden in his favorite dog food. After many refusals, he eventually takes it.
If we slow down and think about plants, animals, sky, and other beings with whom we share Earth, we will absorb more of their lessons, and lessen the harms we constantly inflict on them.
If we slow down and think about plants, animals, sky, and other beings with whom we share Earth, we will absorb more of their lessons, and lessen the harms we constantly inflict on them.
Thanks for posting clarity on what we need and society needs. We do need to speak up and struggle with others to do the same.