Learning from Dogs

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Jean


 
I’ve been reading a lot of books and blogs about dogs lately…we can learn a lot from them, and from the people who love them. The little girl in this video (thanks, bikehikebabe!) could have saved herself some trouble if she had paid more attention. 😀

Whom have you been learning from lately?

Thanks to tammy, bikehikebabe, Maria, Rummuser and Kate for commenting on last week’s post.
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8 Responses to Learning from Dogs

  1. Rummuser says:
    February 27, 2012 at 6:25 am

    From a remarkably serene retired peasant who has become a dear friend in the recent past. He has earthy and unsophisticated diction in his mother tongue, but is wise nevertheless. He has no fancy philosophy to share but just to be in his presence is to sense serenity and wisdom.

  3. Jean says:
    February 27, 2012 at 11:37 am

    Rummuser,
    Yes, as you well know, I don’t waste my time on pretentious people.

    bikehikebabe,
    Thanks.

  4. Evan says:
    February 28, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    More in coping than learning mode at the moment

  5. For you, Daddy! says:
    February 28, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    >Whom have you been learning from lately?
    – Subconsciously, I pick up a lot of things, I think.

    Consciously, yesterday, I noticed how my adopted stray cat luxuriated in her afternoon nap – stretching, spreading and sighing when she found the right slump to slip into slumber mode. I did the same last night, consciously. Stretched in a slightly exaggerated fashion, laughed at myself and fell asleep happier than I usually am at that hour.

    Here is an excerpt of my birthday wish I sent yesterday to one of the bloggers I read regularly.

    *****************

    You have been one of the *consistently* nice people I’ve met since I entered the blogging world 4 months ago. A facade would have crumbled by now.

    I do not judge bloggers who are not (my standard of) nice. Okay, who am I kidding? I do wish sometimes that some e-people wouldn’t be as harsh as they are. If they are bloggers, I usually avoid their sites or when I don’t, I focus on what got me interested in their site in the first place. But by and large, I tend to get drawn towards niceness over knowledge. Then, it doesn’t matter to me whether the subjects they blog about are not typically something I’m interested in. I continue to read them because they are nice. I learn something new, something different from everyone, but I don’t get reminded to be nice by everyone. Niceness is contagious, but it’s not a hip, happening bug. 🙁

    And *that*, Blogger, is the real reason I RSSed you. As I’ve mentioned before, you were not just gracious with acknowledging all the praise that came your way, you also took the time to go to each commenter’s blog and pat them on the back with a comment on their blog. That right there, is nice. Sadly, it is not commonly found in today’s world. Forget ‘Love thy neighbour’, we can’t even be nice a lot of times.

    So that is why, on your birthday, I would like to say ‘Thank You’ for still being who you are because I know it is very easy to be *not* nice in today’s frenzied world.

    *****************

    bhb, that was another cute video.

    Kate

  6. Jean says:
    February 28, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    Kate,
    So we can learn a lot from cats, too. 😀

    I also tend to avoid harsh and sarcastic bloggers, no matter how clever they are.

    Some of my favorite bloggers never answer my comments, and I don’t expect them too to. Their sharing their lives with me and touching my heart is more than enough. I’ve found quite a few blogs like that and my life is enriched by them.

  7. Jean says:
    February 28, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    Evan,
    Are you learning any new tricks for coping?

  8. Evan says:
    February 28, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    Not really. I’m pretty resilient.

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