I noticed something rather curious today.

My dearest pup, though sweet beyond words, tends to pull a bit when we are out ‘exploring.’

And, who am I to fault him? I mean, how wonderful to witness such joie de vivre, in spite of how it may impact our ‘walking manners.’

While normally I am completely transfixed by my surroundings, today…I was busy typing out the first few lines of my daily posting.

My goodness, aren’t those mobile devices such a dreadful thing?

I’d walk a bit, then pause to reflect – delighting in the patterns of this newly formed text. I suppose, for a moment or two, I had become lost in the process of creation, until a slack in the leash pulled me home again.

I looked down to watch my sweet little pup, yield his exuberance to the pace of creation.

trot, trot…pause; trot, trot…pause.

Every so often, he would take a quick peek behind – as if he knew, just how much these words meant to me.

And though, I’ve always felt animals to be ‘in tune’ with our energy – never before have I witnessed this level of connection;

Intuitive, effortless, and without expectation.

How ironic that I had been writing a piece about ‘fear’ – only to realize;

that the only thing to fear is when we’ve stopped paying attention.

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