It's all in our heads

So today Mom and I were in the car sitting patiently in the driveway of a gas station in the ready to exit position. The cars in the first lane were at a stop due to the light. Then car two inched up as close as possible to car one, anxiously starting back and forth at us as if it were one for all race for second position. Mom and I just sat there.

We weren't going to go anywhere so we sat there while she rubbed my head and then all of a sudden, "honkkkkkkk" a car screamed. We looked up and there was car three, completely inpatient, constantly looking at us like we weren't in enough of a hurry to take the now mile long space she was offering.

Mom noticed. One person did the wrong thing or a mean thing at least, and one person try to attempt a nice move. However both people were in the same head.

Dogs, unfortunately suffer from this too. See tell me to sit and stay and I am find. Have my Mom leave the room and I look good on the outside but on the inside "I'm Panicking!" It all in our heads too.

I don't think actions speak louder than words: I think it's all in our heads. Don't aim for perfection just be aware and they aiming for more often then not, they could be a great improvement for many. I am not perfect either I suffer from the same internal chatterm however my episode seam to few and far between in comparsion to your kind. So I suggest, when your listening to your head you stop and put your dog, it may give you a different perspective and allow you sit where you are in peace.

Emma

They called me what?

So this week I have been referred to as a celebrity, a movie star, award worthy and beautiful. If I were human it might go to my head and then my actions might lean more to trying to prove that they were right. However, I am dog. My human heard the labels and being part dog herself, she was able to hear, recognize and continue to be herself. Which means, I will wake up tomorrow (God willing) and go to morning Therapy so I can see my favorite person. And then go to Pasadena so I can visit Granny and hang out in the family room with all the dog lovers. Then go to GrandMEM's just to get my weekly kiss. In short, tomorrow I am no different then today. And my actions reflect who I am and yes it made some of you call me some names, but sticks and stones people, even if the name calling is Grand! (BOL, Sticks and Stones.... that is what you say even if you like the names they call you. It does give you a way to recenter yourself and be your own dog! No matter what they are saying.)

ME.

It's okay to say!

I know I haven't written for awhile. I have been busy doing Therapy for causes I never dreamed I would have the honor to represent.

Today, some one referred to me as "a celebrity" and I have to tale you how that made me feel. If I were human, I would have shed a tear!

I have had wonderful, incredible opportunities to enjoy my own life and to help some many other lives in so many diverse ways. I was just being myself and stepping one paw at a time in front of myself. It wasn't until recently that I looked back and realized I had laid a path.

A path for others to follow. A path for my human to continue when I am gone. A path whose road is lined with the happiness, the hearts, the hopes of many. In looking back I can see why someone might refer to me in a name I haven't called myself.

I am not full of myself but I am proud of my accomplishments, and that's okay to say.

Thank You.

Emma Zen

Feeling Lucky

Someone posted that I was a lucky dog and I you know.... I am. Not your, stick your snout in the air kind of "I am", but the in my heart I really "feel" that way "I am." I think that is okay to say you feel lucky. In fact, I feel lucky when things are going great. I feel lucky when things don't seem to change. I feel lucky when nothing is going right. I just "feel" lucky.

Maybe that is another key to life? To "feel" the way you wish you did or to "feel" the way you would like to be. It's all about what we tell ourselves anyways not what others tell us to be.

Example: If I see my human walk over to the treat jar, I feel lucky! If I get a treat, I "feel" really lucky again. If I see my human walk over to the treat jar, I "feel" lucky! If she passes it up and looks back and smiles at me, I still "feel" real lucky too. You see, I "feel" the same, weather I got the treat or not. I just "feel" lucky.

What do you feel?

Today has a title

Today has a title: Mothers Day.

The key to knowing if you truly hold the properties that the title days describe, is by finding out if you do anything different.

I will explain. Today I am not doing anything different then any other day. I am not feeling anything different, then any other day. I am not acting, trying or reaching for anything different. Today, I love my Mom!! Today, I love my Mom like I did yesterday and like I will do tomorrow. As I see it, I really do, Love my Mom.

The title Day's are there for you humans, I think. I have no idea why you need so many reminders? But that is all they are. If you live at one level and then get all excited for Valentines day and then return to your level of being, and then get all excited about Mothers Day and then return to your level of being again. Aren't you creating your own roller coaster?

Be a dog! Love always and often. Love consistently and with matched enthusiasm everyday and then each day will feel like it has a title on it and eachday will be grand!


Don't overlook our sometimes seaming small gesture as insignificant, a dog kisses, a noses nudge, a tail wag!

Today I do the same, feel the same, think the same: I love my Mom!!!

Emma Zen