My puppy We have had the wonder puppy Scout for about two-and-a half months, and in that time, he has literally tripled in size. It is a growth spurt that is hard to miss, and it makes me consider my own growth as a person. In my time with the pup, I have read bits and pieces and chunks of many books on puppy training. One in particular stands out in my mind because it addresses the command, “come.” I feel like if I have a little puppy treat in my hand and I am standing by the kitchen next to the fridge, and I holler, “Scout, come!” and he comes, I am doing great! This is a good start for a puppy. But, ultimately, I want Scout to be so obedient and so attuned to pleasing me that if he is in the middle of exploring a really exciting scent, eating some really good dog food, or wandering around far that when he hears my voice say “Come,” he immediately drops the scent, leaves the food, turns for home and comes. That kind of obedience…that level of training takes a lot of practice and repetition. I have had Scout run to me over a pretty far distance, galloping along as fast as his little puppy legs would carry him, and that was exciting… I try to make a connection with my attitude towards my parents. Have I achieved that kind of obedience to them? – Lifeblog.com About Life “Life is funny, I'm finally getting the jokes and learning to laugh out-loud,” says Ray Basile. Life is a four-letter word. Life is what I'm living right now. Life, worth everything I put into it. Life is what I wake up for. Life, one change at a time. Life, catch up if I start moving too fast for you. Life, I want more of that. Life don't fail me now. Today a friend who works as a life coach lead me in a fun exercise she uses to get a glimpse into a person's belief system. It's a spontaneous way of drawing out how we view life. The exercise was simple, she wrote down a word on a piece of paper and asked me to complete eight sentences with that word at the start. I had no clue what the word was going to be. She told me to say whatever came to mind, off the top of my head and she would write down my answers. She passed the paper to me, I turned it over and it read: Life. I blurted out eight sentences that began with the word life, not giving them too much thought. I found the experience to be exhilarating. No sentence was right or wrong but all of them were truly revealing. They were all a unique reflection of my world view. I had not planned to try and define life, at least not today. I was actually preoccupied making other plans when life took me by surprise. I was interrupted by the idea of life as it came clearly into view. I had no intention of slowing the pace of my day to find life starring back at me, in my own terms. Eight spontaneous sentences, pulled out of one word. For me, that's life. I encourage everyone to experience life in a brand new way. “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans,” John Lennon once said.
