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I once read, somewhere, the suggestion that you should meditate
while walking your dog. The idea is that you just follow your dog around,
focusing on what your dog focuses on, to practice mindfulness, of being, as
dogs are so good at being, in the here and now.
I have to admit that my dog isn’t good at Zen dog
walking, given that she loves to pull, throwing herself against the resistance
of collar and leash with a happy relish, as if she were competing in the
Iditarod.
And before you tell me I should train her to walk
properly on a leash, I have. She knows. She can do a perfect heel, nose at my
knee, watching me closely in order to drop to a sit as soon as I stop, but
she’ll do it only if she knows I have treats in my pocket.
Lola is smart and sweet-tempered but she lacks that
intense desire to please that some dogs have. I tell my husband she’s more
psychologically healthy than those needy dogs. He rolls his eyes.
But she does stay, happily, in the present moment, taking
obvious pleasure every day in some very ordinary things, which is why I like
having her around so much …
You got me.
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