My friend April told me about Garth Stein's novel about an old dog Enzo and a young family on their race called life. Combining intuition, humility and vision through the eyes and perspective of a dog took me for a wild ride. I couldn't put the book down!!!!
Being where we are and yet keeping our eyes and our intention on the next corner. We go where our eyes go.
"It was where we were, and he was happy to be there, and I could feel the joy emanating from him, the love of life. But his attention-and his intention-was far ahead, to the next turn and one beyond that." 156
"The car goes where the eyes go." 321
We have the choice in the direction we go, our mood and what we look to when to gather our bearings.
"Or did he finally realize what it is like to be me, to be a dog? Did he understand as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is a neutral state; it is like a blind fish at the bottom of the ocean: without eyes, and therefore without judgment. That which is around me does not affect my mood, my mood affects that which is around me." 198
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