The Joy of Dogs

It is my personal opinion that everyone should have a dog or two. This morning I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I had not gotten enough sleep the night before, which made it easy to eat poorly yesterday and now I feel like dukky (as in dukham!) today- ha! ha! So the dogs took me walking into the beautiful woods with vistas to look at for hours. I received fresh air, good companionship and had a meditation on joy as I watched them happily romp and play. Then we came home and I immediately wanted to jump into work on the computer. They had other ideas for me. First was breakfast, then was "greenies" treats for dessert, then some play time chewing sticks on the deck......and it is continuing right now. I am hearing whines from the deck for more play! Now barks! I think my computer time is over for the morning. I am being called to more important things:-) Maybe they are helping me to actually practice yoga today. To be in the moment, experience ananda (joy) and connect at the heart level.