One foot in front of the other

Keep on trucking. One day at a time. Baby Steps. Just try.

Things you hear over and over whenever you run into a rock and a hard spot. Excuse, good excuse and poor ones, all used a reasoning to validate why you did or didn't do something.

It's priorities, that will say what you pay more attention to. It's the one with the priority status that you care the most about.

I said I was going to write something everyday for a year and tonight I almost forgot. TV and kicking it in the hall were more important.

Doesn't mean that you can't skip. But admit to it. Know "why" you skipped something, failed something, didn't do something. You may feel the urge to hide in the face of others but why lie to yourself?

Persistence's, Little Steps, One moment a time, I just do it.

Inner Linus (A plea from a dog)

This weekend I heard about an organization who collects unwanted blankets from humans and gives them out for free to the doggies and other animal who have found themselves in shelter.

I have already done my due to advocate for this charity, which included posting it all over facebook, twitter and myspace. I think my human is even going to add it to my website. A good deeds, needs recognition.

This post however is meant to say "Thank You" to those that support such services and is let those humans who may not understand how important such simple things in life are even to me, a dog.

A Blanket, my kingdom for a blanket. I have my own blanket now or shall I say, I have my own blanket(s)! I know them to be my place verse mine. I know them to be comfort verse comfortable. I know them to be safe verse safety. A blanket is so much more then warmth. The minute you get your own blanket you get your own stability! You get your own balance! You get your own dogness!

I know I am blessed and fortunate but so many are not. I remember that despair, that sorrow, that loneliness. Please support causes that help others or take a blanket to your nearest animal shelter. The difference is life with compassion or life with none. A life worse then death.

Human efforts make ALL differences, your the only one who can.

The Dirt on Dogs

In the following of yesterdays post, enough is enough, I still lay here... still. Unattended to and left alone. Sleeping away in the dirt because to me, a dog, I find it cool, refreshing, quite, and of my nature. No one made me go anywhere. No one woke me up. No one bothered me at all. It has been a sleepy, boring, perfect beautiful day!

Enough is Enough

Sky diving, Dog events, Dog Movies, Dog Walks, Visits, Play Time, Bath Time, Get in the car, get out of the car, get dressed, eat now, eat later, say hello to..., say goodbye to..., Sit, Stay, Stop, Down, Okay.

Left, Right, Up, Down... Enough is Enough!

I do not know if you are one of these dogs. But does your human take you EVERYWHERE? Are you going to the store, going to Grandmas, going to the dog park, going to the beach, going down the street? Are you just... Always going?

I do not know how many of you are out there but I can't be the only one. But if your human is reading this for you I have something to say, "Leave me alone!" :-) I mean, goodness I am a dog, a dog sleeps a lot. In fact according to Sleep and Dreams in Dogs and Cats: Under controlled laboratory conditions both cats and dogs sleep about 13 hours per day but they wake up more frequently than people do.
According to Planet Dog: • Adult dogs spend approximately half their life sleeping, typically 12 hours a day.• Some breeds need more sleep than others – as much as 18 hours per day! (typically larger breeds).

In other words, even though this may only apply to the 1 percenters of this world, if you are doing or over doing PLEASE give me a rest. A day to myself to sleep. To you it may seam like I am doing nothing but believe me... Sleeping all day can be heaven!

Reel Dog

What a weekend! Skydiving, Pet Trek's, Wiggle Waggles and the movies! Yes, tonight I get to participate in one of life's lost greatest moments. The car is filled with ice chest and blankets, jackets and snacks, chairs and toys. We will be meeting my Dad, GrandMEM, Granny and Friend at a park. One person is bring soda's the other is bringing chicken dinner! My favorite! And we are going to have a picnic in the park while a dog movie plays on an outdoor big screen!!!

When was the last time you had a picnic? When was the last time you layed on the ground and looked up at the stars? When did you just sit and watch the ocean, the garden, the world. When did you last stop? Being a dog, I do stuff like that pretty frequently and I will let you in on a secret. You humans always seam to NOT have enought time busy running around like crazy. I think it is you, who chases your own tail. But anyhow, my secret, "If you want more hours in your day, S L O W D O W N. I know it sounds funny but try it. See how fast you can waste 5 minutes doing something, doing anything, and the see how long five minutes is when you do nothing.

It's a lesson best taught by a dog. Try it. Sit. Stay. Be a real dog!

Emma Zen

Falling from the Sky

Tonight we are going to watch skydivers do a world record attempt. Even in the mist of their fun and their triumphs I notice they are still bound to one of the laws of nature, gravity! Notice: Even when you think you are having fun and being totally out of control, you are still following rules.

Change your perception if you need to, see a rule or a law as natural, part of being. Accept that which is our nature and work within those elements to be and do anything you want or need.

I have watched humans' who fight their every move. Learn to swim with the current and it will be easier to point in a new direction and you'll have the power of the wave pushing behind you! Learn and minimize your fears. Tell someone what to do, not how to do it, and then be amazed by their determination and resourcefulness to accomplish the goals. Don't pull on my leash and cause me to pull back. Correct my behavior, tell me my boundaries and the watch me learn how to behave inside them.

And lets all face it, without limitations including the basic laws of nature, we are just: falling from the sky...

A very insightful feeling dog.
Emma Zen

Dog Star

It's not what you think. Actually it's a constellation and the comment name for Sirius, also a star. My humans have a telescope and we all belong to the Orange County Astronomers Association. It is amazing. There is so much we don't know. So much we can see. So much we can't imagine. Sort of puts into prospective our lives.

If ever you feel overwhelmed. If ever you feel angry. If ever you feel attacked. If ever you feel a victim of unfair game. If ever you feel sorry for yourself. Look up. It's all so insignificant. We are all so little, so minute. We are all here for such a short time, live healthy!