dogs....

I noticed that my dog is kind of sad and depressed looking most of the time. It made me wonder why, especially when other dogs seem always to be happy and excited, around people but especially their owners. Then I realized something about my dog. He is actually very selfish and doesn't care about other people, which may be the reason why he is the way he is. He doesn't get excited when people want to play with him and seems to want to be left alone to do his own thing. He sometimes gets excited when we come home or something but then resumes being distant and cold, often hiding under the bed.

Also, today as I was going to target with my dad, we saw a man in a wheelchair that had a dog with him. My dad wondered if it was okay to have a dog inside, but I assured him that handicapped people always have some kind of thing that allows them to always have a dog with them if they need it. Then, my dad went on to tell me about something he saw at someones house one day pertaining to dogs and how smart they can be. At the house, there were toddlers who were running around the front yard, on the driveway. The owners had this ridiculously smart dog that would use its body and face to push the kids away when they got to close to the street. Whenever they got to close, the dog would just redirect them back towards the house. To me, hearing that was pretty crazy. But it made me realize something about dogs and how it relates to our lives that we should be living for God.

Dogs are happier when they love and serve their masters, like this dog that serves whole-heartedly to make sure that his owners children are safe. Contrast that with my dog, who lives selfishly, without much thought to his owners and constantly seems unhappy. It made me realize what we were created to do. Serve our MASTER. Why do we constantly live for ourselves, in an unhappy state when we can be joyous and full, living for the one who truly loves us and knows what's best for us. Our lives should be as simple as a loyal and loving animal, yet we live selfishly and complicate our lives into states of unhappiness.

This may be a stupid concept or idea that doesn't make much sense, but I really don't give a crap. I guess we need to live simpler lives in order to have that deep understanding. On a side note, my dog wasn't really all sad and sulky until he started living with me. I think he picked up that part of his personality from me, being all anti-social and stuff. I guess that speaks to where I am with my walk, and that I need to change. Yep.