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blog hopping just now and found something interesting.. i don't know whether i posted it before but here goes..

Was it possible for a dog to point humans to the things that really mattered in life? Loyalty. Courage. Devotion. Simplicity. Joy. And the things that did not matter, too. A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes. Status symbols mean nothing to him. A waterlogged stick will do just fine. A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class but by who they are inside. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. It was really quite simple, and yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated, have always had trouble figuring out what really counts and what does not.
excerpt from the book of Marley and Me...

i watched the movie last year and not surprisingly i did drop few precious tears.. che.. of course la.. i'm a dog lover bah though for the time being our family don't have any dog yet coz we're still settling down.. will have it in near future..

as i recall back, i remembered myself crying so much when i was small because my puppy got hit by a motorcycle.. when me and my siblings were small, we divided among ourselves each puppy and we named it.. that night, my puppy was the one who got hit.. it's leg was severely injured and the paw's bones were broken into many pieces.. the motorcyclist went away without even bother about the puppy.. typical human.. i cried out so loud as if somebody was dying.. but death was inevitable, few days after that, my puppy died.. huu~

my point is how can an animal, so small and for some, they are considered insignificant can really make a human's heart loving them dearly.. the words above are very true.. dogs, or animals in general, do not see you based on your looks, status or what work you do.. they see you for what you are.. they see you deep inside... and how is that?

remember the first time when you tried to hold a dog or a cat? (the one which not belong to you by birth of course.. ).. they are scared and feel very timid somehow.. they don't accept you easily.. but slowly, when you try to earn their trust, they will accept you too coz they see your determination.. they open up their hearts when you open up yours.. it is as simple as that folks!.. did they ask details about you so that only then they'll accept you.. no! they love you because you are you!do you feel me? (pinjam ayat Fr.Jojo dlu)

alas, if only human are this simple.. i think it is more challenging to have a brain than not having it.. i mean a brain that can think coz animal got brain too kan?.. but then, as mindless as they are, still they show us some of that any person can hardly have.. even i'm also lacking these virtues.. God has a special way to teach us and indirectly communicate to us.. if only we listen more and see things beyond the surface..

Live well people!

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