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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Seat Belts for Dogs
Guapita and Talulah just got car seat belts.
Guapita doesn't move around very much in the car. She generally stays put. She is never anything but an angel,so well behaved that one. But T-dog (Talulah) on the other hand, she tends to move around until she finds a good spot, and all too often that spot is behind the neck of the driver or passenger.
I particularly feel uneasy when she acts like a neck warmer / pillow around my mother when she is the driver. I see visions, bad ones, when I see this happen.
I am happy about the car seat belts, but training them to use them is going to be another thing! Well, actually, it's mostly Talulah I'm worried about. She is like Houdini, gets out of anything! I need to be very stern with her and stand my ground. She doesn't like it. She doesn't relax into it. Before you know it she is out of breath trying to get out of it. Lord grant me patience ... my mom, too.
The main reason for my post is to encourage the idea of seat belts for our best friends. I came across some good reasons to use them. Consider the following:
1. Distraction
Pets can be a distraction. Distractions cause accidents. Remember Stephen King? He was hit by a car as the driver was trying to keep his rottweiler under control.
Guapita doesn't move around very much in the car. She generally stays put. She is never anything but an angel,so well behaved that one. But T-dog (Talulah) on the other hand, she tends to move around until she finds a good spot, and all too often that spot is behind the neck of the driver or passenger.
I particularly feel uneasy when she acts like a neck warmer / pillow around my mother when she is the driver. I see visions, bad ones, when I see this happen.
I am happy about the car seat belts, but training them to use them is going to be another thing! Well, actually, it's mostly Talulah I'm worried about. She is like Houdini, gets out of anything! I need to be very stern with her and stand my ground. She doesn't like it. She doesn't relax into it. Before you know it she is out of breath trying to get out of it. Lord grant me patience ... my mom, too.
The main reason for my post is to encourage the idea of seat belts for our best friends. I came across some good reasons to use them. Consider the following:
1. Distraction
Pets can be a distraction. Distractions cause accidents. Remember Stephen King? He was hit by a car as the driver was trying to keep his rottweiler under control.
2. Impact
Pets without seatbelts are just like people without seatbelts: If you slam on the brakes or hit another car, you and everything else that's not restrained goes flying toward the windshield. A large dog hurtling at you or another passenger from the backseat can be deadly for you and the dog.
3. Emergencies
A dog that has been in an accident is likely to be in shock, confused, and injured. The dog could attack rescue personnel who are trying to help you. You can minimize this danger by properly restraining your dog.
4. Control
Even well-trained dogs have been known to jump after a chipmunk, cat, or another dog. If your dog is in a seat belt, he can't jump out the window or run into the street when you open your door.
5. Comfort
Isn't it simply more pleasant to ride in a car when everyone, human and canine, stays in their seat?
I know, obvious sounding, right? Yet, it's been 7 years since we've had our girl Guapita and we're just belting her in now. You know what they say, better late....
Meditation: Hesychios
Meditations of a Desert Father (Christian Mystics)
If you really wish to achieve spiritual stillness
and to guard your heart successfully,
then let the prayer
"Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me"
become one with your breathing,
and in a few days you will see
how it can all be achieved.
If you really wish to achieve spiritual stillness
and to guard your heart successfully,
then let the prayer
"Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me"
become one with your breathing,
and in a few days you will see
how it can all be achieved.
~ Hesychios (6thC)
Hesychios is believed to have been a leader of a Sinai monastery in the 6th-7th century.
The Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right,
if I surrender to His will.
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him
forever in the next.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Prayer of Abandonment
Prayer of Abandonment
Father,
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you.
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your hands I commend my soul;
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you Lord,
and so need to give myself.
to surrender myself into your hands
without reserve
and with boundless confidence.
For you are my Father.
Amen .
- Charles de Foucauld
Prayer, A Quiet Place
Make In My Heart A Quiet Place, John Oxenham
Mid all the traffic of the ways-
Turmoils without, within-
Make in my heart a quiet place,
And come and dwell therein:
A little shrine of quietness,
All sacred to Thyself,
Where Thou shalt all my soul possess,
And I may find myself;
A little shelter from life's stress,
Where I may lay me prone,
And bare my soul in loneliness,
And know as I am known;
A little place of mystic grace,
Of self and sin swept bare,
Where I may look upon Thy face,
And talk with Thee in prayer.
Amen
Mid all the traffic of the ways-
Turmoils without, within-
Make in my heart a quiet place,
And come and dwell therein:
A little shrine of quietness,
All sacred to Thyself,
Where Thou shalt all my soul possess,
And I may find myself;
A little shelter from life's stress,
Where I may lay me prone,
And bare my soul in loneliness,
And know as I am known;
A little place of mystic grace,
Of self and sin swept bare,
Where I may look upon Thy face,
And talk with Thee in prayer.
Amen
Thich Nhat Hhan - Sometimes
Sometimes
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Commentary:
I like this because it reminds me how practicing one small thing can turn out to be something unimaginable with time.
Tarot Major Arcana: 0 The Fool to 3 The Empress
0 The Fool or El Loco (mine are in Spanish).
The fool is crazy. A clown is a fool. A not serious person is a fool. Someone who is in La-La land is a fool. They are delusional. Someone who is delusional is not with the program - not in reality - the reality that most people know. El Loco on my deck is shown walking off a roof about to fall off yet he looks content. He is actually not a fool; he is a dreamer, a seeker, maybe even a prophet,a student, a hero about to embark (or fall off a roof) on his own personal journey to God knows where...literally to God knows where.
If you are acting a fool, it may look and feel like: I am thinking of getting a divorce because I haven't been happy in this marriage for 15 of the 17 years we've been married. I just lost my job now what do I do? I am about to get married, I have no idea what this is going to be like, but I am doing it anyway. I am starting a new creative project and I don't even have all the tools I need to complete it. I have just moved away from home and I'm scared.
As a fool, I set sail, I embark, I prepare as best I can for lift off. I fall off a cliff to God knows where, to a path of uncertainty. There may be a vague idea as to where I am going or where I am being taken but it is overall a very uncertain Way. Still, I must go for I am being led and there is something greater than myself propelling me.
1 The Magician or El Mago.
Having embarked on my path, my journey has really just begun. I start thinking that I would feel better if I knew where I was going. I ask myself, do I really know where I'm going? I need a map ... maybe a compass, too ... a flashlight wouldn't be a bad idea ... and is my head screwed on tight? Am I, me, my self, my soul ready for all this? The Magician tells me that I am. The Magician speaks to me saying that I have everything I need and all that it takes to be on this journey. It may take a little bit of resourcefulness, craftiness and all my wits, but that is all within me. I may have to pull tricks out of a bag, but I can do that; I do tricks if I have to! "Don't worry," the Magician says, "you have the ability to create Magic. Get to it already."
Everyone has magic within them. We must know our Magic and use it to help ourselves along our Way. Sometimes, someone may use their Magic on us. Did we know it was their Magic? Will we be deceived? Do we want the Magic they are showing us? Do we like their performance? Will we fall for his illusion? Knowing our own Magic and using our own Magic will help us make the best decision for ourselves. Hopefully, we will be all the richer for our encounter with the Magician.
3 The Empress or La Emperatriz.
As I continue on my Way I learn that I know where to go because of my Intuition. The Empress helps me to connect with my instinctive knowledge. She uses hers in order to have what she desires and it seems that in following her instincts she creates a state of natural harmony within herself and her peripheral.
I know what my next step will be because I am starting to become aware of the harmony that exists all around me, especially in nature. I realize that I am a part of this harmony. I notice that when I allow myself to be led by the inspiration that finds me, my gut kicks in and gives me my next clue. Like with the Empress, all is at my fingertips and all I need to do is relax and enjoy what surrounds me. All beauty is for me. What a wonderful and powerful feminine feeling I have from the Empress. She connects me to my inner strength.
The fool is crazy. A clown is a fool. A not serious person is a fool. Someone who is in La-La land is a fool. They are delusional. Someone who is delusional is not with the program - not in reality - the reality that most people know. El Loco on my deck is shown walking off a roof about to fall off yet he looks content. He is actually not a fool; he is a dreamer, a seeker, maybe even a prophet,a student, a hero about to embark (or fall off a roof) on his own personal journey to God knows where...literally to God knows where.
If you are acting a fool, it may look and feel like: I am thinking of getting a divorce because I haven't been happy in this marriage for 15 of the 17 years we've been married. I just lost my job now what do I do? I am about to get married, I have no idea what this is going to be like, but I am doing it anyway. I am starting a new creative project and I don't even have all the tools I need to complete it. I have just moved away from home and I'm scared.
As a fool, I set sail, I embark, I prepare as best I can for lift off. I fall off a cliff to God knows where, to a path of uncertainty. There may be a vague idea as to where I am going or where I am being taken but it is overall a very uncertain Way. Still, I must go for I am being led and there is something greater than myself propelling me.
1 The Magician or El Mago.
Having embarked on my path, my journey has really just begun. I start thinking that I would feel better if I knew where I was going. I ask myself, do I really know where I'm going? I need a map ... maybe a compass, too ... a flashlight wouldn't be a bad idea ... and is my head screwed on tight? Am I, me, my self, my soul ready for all this? The Magician tells me that I am. The Magician speaks to me saying that I have everything I need and all that it takes to be on this journey. It may take a little bit of resourcefulness, craftiness and all my wits, but that is all within me. I may have to pull tricks out of a bag, but I can do that; I do tricks if I have to! "Don't worry," the Magician says, "you have the ability to create Magic. Get to it already."
Everyone has magic within them. We must know our Magic and use it to help ourselves along our Way. Sometimes, someone may use their Magic on us. Did we know it was their Magic? Will we be deceived? Do we want the Magic they are showing us? Do we like their performance? Will we fall for his illusion? Knowing our own Magic and using our own Magic will help us make the best decision for ourselves. Hopefully, we will be all the richer for our encounter with the Magician.
3 The Empress or La Emperatriz.
As I continue on my Way I learn that I know where to go because of my Intuition. The Empress helps me to connect with my instinctive knowledge. She uses hers in order to have what she desires and it seems that in following her instincts she creates a state of natural harmony within herself and her peripheral.
I know what my next step will be because I am starting to become aware of the harmony that exists all around me, especially in nature. I realize that I am a part of this harmony. I notice that when I allow myself to be led by the inspiration that finds me, my gut kicks in and gives me my next clue. Like with the Empress, all is at my fingertips and all I need to do is relax and enjoy what surrounds me. All beauty is for me. What a wonderful and powerful feminine feeling I have from the Empress. She connects me to my inner strength.
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