Take yourself back to when your dog did something they shouldn’t have.

They chewed your new shows.
They wee’d in the house.
They stole food off the table.
 
You were annoyed. For a second. Okay, maybe a little longer but then, you let it go.
 
Maybe it’s because you realise it was your fault (you did forget to let them out). Or maybe it’s because they’re standing there looking at you with those big eyes, ears back and tail wagging.
 
Either way, it passes quickly.
 
Now compare that to how we can be with people.
 
A comment taken the wrong way. A bad day. Someone doing things differently to how we would.
 
And suddenly we’re holding onto it.
Turning it over.
Building a whole story around it.
 
Dogs don’t do that. They don’t care if you’re different and they don’t keep score.
 
Maybe that’s why being around dogs feels so easy. There’s no performance. No having to get it exactly right. No needing to (over)explain yourself. Just a kind of quiet understanding that says: you’re okay, as you are.
 
We’re not saying life is that simple but maybe there’s something in it.
 
A bit more patience.
A bit less jumping to conclusions.
Letting things go a little quicker.
 
The kind of energy dogs bring without even trying.
 
Imagine if we met each other like that. Not perfectly, just… a little more like dogs.

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