Isla and and her owner accompanied me on my morning walk, and it was a pleasure to chat about the island and share some of our histories with each other, while accompanied by a minor angel (why minor?), who was unabashedly overjoyed to meet every other soul who crossed our path.
This post is just for Isla and her owner, in celebration of the angelic qualities so common in dogs and so rare in humans, which make living and connecting with other living beings a pleasure and a privilege.
Life flows on, in and around us—and sometimes you can know the inclinations of its heart by the movements of its tail and the openness of its smile.
D.E.S.
This post is just for Isla and her owner, in celebration of the angelic qualities so common in dogs and so rare in humans, which make living and connecting with other living beings a pleasure and a privilege.
Life flows on, in and around us—and sometimes you can know the inclinations of its heart by the movements of its tail and the openness of its smile.
D.E.S.
Meet Isla, an amiable creature who is thrilled to meet anyone who may cross her path, or anyone within eyeshot, for that matter. She is a fairly recent addition to the family of a neighbor who has become a friend in recent days, and who is every bit as engaging as Ayla. They are well matched. As for Ayla, I think one of my favorite authors, Jonathan Carroll, perhaps said it best:
"Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally, forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy, etc. If we attributed some of those qualities to a person we would say they are special. If they had ALL of them, we would call them angelic. But because it's only a dog, we dismiss them as sweet or funny but little more. However when you think about it, what are the things that we most like in another human being? Many times those qualities are seen in our dogs every single day--we're just so used to them that we pay no attention."
"Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally, forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy, etc. If we attributed some of those qualities to a person we would say they are special. If they had ALL of them, we would call them angelic. But because it's only a dog, we dismiss them as sweet or funny but little more. However when you think about it, what are the things that we most like in another human being? Many times those qualities are seen in our dogs every single day--we're just so used to them that we pay no attention."
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