Pepper, our wonderful canine companion, is usually near the kitchen whenever I'm in "food preparation" mode. She was there this morning while I was doing prep on my husband's dinner just in case he's on his own this evening. As usual, Pepper was waiting for her "goodies"
Usually, the following gets tossed in her dish: bits of carrots, snap peas, jicama, peppers, and celery.
Now, Pepper doesn't care for celery--but when mixed in her bowl with other veggies and her dog food she manages to get it down her throat. Today--sans the dog food--she peacefully munched through the vegetables and left (very carefully, on the floor) the two pieces of celery! Now there's a discriminating palate!
So, today I am envying Pepper's ability to know for certain what she wants--and what she doesn't want. No black and white in the canine world.
If only our world was so easy. I get tired of the "if" word, the "but" word, the "except" word. Short of escaping to some other place and living absolutely alone, we are stuck with ambiguity and difficult decisions. And therein lies the challenge
as life goes on.
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