Ramu's way expressing joy on meeting me
Today I am writing this blog for my friend Ramu who is a dog.If we note carefully dog is nothing but god spelled in reverse. Dogs are capable of teaching us many important lessons in life. Ramu lives in our apartment.One day during my walk I met him 2 km away from our apartment.On seeing me he expressed his happiness by wagging his tail.We walked back to the apartment together.I realized that Ramu like's to walk but prefers to have a company.After that every time I went for a walk he joined me.I would sometimes walk 6 km at a stretch. Ramu had a broken leg but he would follow me without bothering about the pain.Some important things I learned from him are
1.Live in present moment:I never see worry on his face.Unlike us he always lives in the present moment not worrying about past or future.When he sees something which he like's he instantly becomes happy and if he doesn't like something he barks.Once's his basic needs are satisfied he just closes his eyes,relaxes and seems like he is meditating.
2.Playfulness:Even though he is quite old now he still likes to play.As adults we become less playful and more serious.Kids are more happy as they are more playful.Jesus said ,"Truly I say to you,whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all".By being playful we can be more happy,healthy and live longer.
3. Hierarchy:Dogs have evolved from wolves.In pack of wolves there is always a pair of alpha male and female.They are the dominant pair of the pack and provide leadership to the pack .Other wolves follow them and don't question their authority.Dogs consider us as an alpha and follow us with full loyalty.
4.Touch:Dogs like to touch and feel.It is proven fact that hugging each other is good for our health.We can learn from caressing our pet that touch is natural to us.Hugging and touching can boost oxytocin and serotonin levels in our body.It helps in healing sickness,diseases and reduces anxiety and stress.
5.Loyalty: Ramu will be away from our home whole day.But at night he will be back to gaurd house.He has a sense of duty and in last one year he has never been away at night.Living with humans dogs have lost their ability to hunt.Still they have survived for thousands of years only because of their loyalty and friendliness towards humans.
6.Fearlessness:Whenever Ramu comes for a walk with me other dogs try to threaten him by barking and trying to attack him.But he remain calm and never shows he is afraid of them.As a result other dogs cant threaten or over power him.Ramu's body language reminds me of a quote of Winston Churchill "You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks".
7.Natural healing:He had a broken leg and it got cured on its own.I believe this is because of natural healing capacity of his body.Animals walk bare boot.This helps them to get natural acupressure..This helps them even to heal a broken bone and prevents many diseases.We humans don't walk bare foot anymore and we have lost faith in natural healing capacity of our body.
8.Not greedy:We feed him only once in a day at night.He never troubles us during day by asking for food.At night he come on same time every day and asks for food by knocking on our door. Animals hunt or kill other animals only when they are hungry.But we humans out of our greed always keep on wanting more.I will finish it with quote of Gandhi "World has everything for every ones need but not for every ones greed".
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