I thought of him, with the greatest fondness and gratitude yesterday, when I came across this lovely reflection on what we can learn from our four-legged friends about sadness and joy, and being here now.
Among their many gifts, our canine friends show us how to be fully present--a crucial, neglected condition of our happiness https://t.co/vqDsHLP7Mp— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) June 10, 2020
We need a trick to feel our joys as deeply as our griefs... |
"Just when the coronavirus started to hit Los Angeles, my dog, Ori, stopped eating. I was afraid he had cancer, and I was worried I would have to have him euthanized because it would be dangerous and wrong to be driving a dog around for cancer treatments while we were trying to avoid contact to save human lives, including my mother-in-law’s..." (Eric Kaplan & Eleanor Davis, nyt continues)
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