Here’s my Rock! What a difference 12 and a half pounds of love can make!!!
As my relationship grows with my new best friend, Rock, so do we both. As he learns, changes and matures, so do I and vice versa. One thing I am going to encourage you to do is, communicate with your companion animal. You might tell me you already do. Or you might respond with doubt that you know how. All you need to communicate effectively with your companion animal is to know yourself and your truth. What do I mean by this? Let me tell you!
Throughout our lives, from conception onward, we are told by family, friends, strangers, co-workers, teachers, media and most people we come in contact with, how we should be. We gather people’s opinions, emotional responses and energy about who we are, who we should be, what we should wear, eat, say, what kind of car we should drive and on and on. For example, I drive a yellow car. Why? Because when I was in the market for a car, there was a photo on the cover of a brochure of the make and model I wanted. It was yellow. It looked like a race car to me and I liked it! When I went to go shopping for my car, even the salesman encouraged me to consider different colors. He seemed to really want me to get the blue one. I felt influenced by him and tempted, but I stuck to my original preference. I bought the yellow car!
While I made the ultimate decision and to this day am thrilled with that choice, would I have naturally gravitated towards the yellow car, if I had not first seen it advertised in the catalog? Very possibly not. The picture displayed this car as fun, stylish and sporty. The bright yellow shade became that to me. I was influenced by the auto manufacturer’s promotional slant more strongly than the salesman’s. Ultimately, the ad’s suggestion resonated with me.
We are each unique beings with our own ideas, opinions and preferences. Our unique body also has it’s individual experiences in the world, including emotional responses. If we do something because we think we should, is it really our truth? We must know ourselves to know our truth. If I bought a yellow car, but really didn’t want a yellow car, then I was purely acting out the desire of the advertising company. You may argue that I was doing this. If I was regretting my decision, then I would agree with you. But I didn’t and don’t regret it because it is in fact what I wanted to do.
If I know myself and how I truly feel about something, I can communicate my truth. Animals know when we are telling the truth. Us people have learned to hide the truth and we have also learned to allow others to lie. We often learn that if something is going to hurt someone or make them angry, we shouldn’t say it. We may also learn that if someone likes what we say it may make us responsible for them in some way. I have noticed that people generally communicate what they don’t like much more frequently than what they do like.
How many times have you commented on bad service at a restaurant or store? How many more or less times have you commented on good service?
The above paragraph is where I left off back on September 10, 2014 at 11:08pm. Screenshot below. I have decided to end this blog post there because I think it’s kind of funny and historic, since it was almost 12 years ago. But I’m going to make a Part 2 to tie up some loose ends and tell more of the story, of me, Rock, truth, lies, and my yellow car. Stay tuned my lovely animal lovers. Stay tuned!
P.S. But oh, how I do love you, Rock. So, so, so amazingly much. Thank you for all the gifts you have given me, and continue to give me every day, including the loyalist of friendships, the never ending support, validation, and amusement, and adding the most colorful life to my life. You are a true blessing.