‘Warts an all!”
As I sit here writing this, I’m down in Hampshire having just taken a friend’s dog to the vet.
Nothing serious but he’s going to be given a general anaesthetic for a routine operation and will be out by the end of the day.
Being a dog owner myself, it’s amazing how much our gorgeous pets rely on us making decisions for them. I have another friend who has an aged Jack Russell which is very much on the way out, but doesn’t seem to be in any distress or pain.
It’s a very hard call to make and is one that I had to do when I was 19 with a dog that I had for 14 years…….
This is something that can very easily translate to us Humans.
We have people around us who do rely very much on us ‘reading’ them and to a certain extent, helping them with some very fundamental decision making. We are all guilty of gallivanting into a situation only to realise that a softer and more subtle approach would have been more apt.
That’s why it is important to be more aware of people and their little quips, however strange or alien they may seem to us. We are all individuals and because of that, we all have our own individual requirements. That is the beauty of life. Imagine if we were all the same, how boring would that be! Awareness is key to life and the key to living in harmony with partners, friends or colleagues.
We are not all made the same, we have different ‘flash points’, different levels of tolerance, different tastes in colours, ideas for living, different taste in partners etc etc
It’s important to be able to respect this in people, some people you will warm to and others you won’t……that’s life and something that shouldn’t be taken personally. Look around you, as you will discover that if you become more open to people and accept people for all their funny quips, you’ll discover that the people that you end up resonating with will far out way the those that you don’t………….
Henry Cumming
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