A Dog's World

I am an avid Dog lover and I'm proud about it. I find them to be the most wonderful creatures on the planet. Their attitude towards life is something we can only watch and hope to learn someday. No, I don't mean drinking from the toilet should be a way of life but what I'm trying to get at is the way they live their lives.

Some dogs are lucky to have wonderful owners who adore them and love them and treat them like their own children but then there is the other end of the spectrum - the street dogs. In more human terms, its like the difference between the rich and the poor. But both classes have one thing in common - Loyalty. They are, by far, the most loyal and humble animals on the planet. I have never actually had my own pet dog but I have played around with different kinds of dogs; and the sense of joy that you get from such an experience is mind-blowing! For some strange reason I see dogs as vacuum cleaners that suck out all the stress and sorrow from a person's life.

They say a dog is a man's best friend and its perfectly true. I have known people who (for reasons that continue to puzzle me) talk to walls, lamp posts, chairs and even to flowers. And these are ordinary people who have their sanity intact and irrespective of what these people talk to, they find some sort of comfort from the one-sided conversations that they have. But have you ever had a conversation with a dog? I know it sounds crazy and by talking (to your dog), I don't mean that you ask questions in one voice and answer them on your dog's behalf (in another voice) cause then you'd just be downright stupid and people who catch you in the act might find you to be a really pathetic ventriloquist or just plain crazy!

So instead, just talk to your dog. It could be a question, an anecdote, a personal problem - anything! But once you are done talking and when you see your dog sitting by your side intently listening to you with his/her ears raised, it gives you a moment. I can't exactly define it, but its a feel - good moment. You feel as though you've just had one of the best conversations in your life and in a way it makes you feel significant irrespective of who you are. Even if you feel that you are a total loser; to your dog, you are everything ! To him/her, you are the most important person on the planet.

I know there might be a few of you who will try to prove me wrong by saying that the only reason that you seem important to them is because you feed them. The truth is a dog can survive for a long time with just a meager food supply and water. But what they really need is love. There was a recent research that proved that dogs actually live longer and healthier if their owners just show a little more love towards them.


So you get a loving companion; someone who believes in you more than you do and someone who can actually help see you through all the twists and turns of life. And you get all this just for a couple of meals a day, a big bowl of water and a lot of patting on the (dog's) head.

I don't know about you, but to me, that sounds like the best deal on the planet!

Bow - Wow Power!

Any Good Listeners out there ? ? ?

Once I saw a program on the tele. Two comedians were showing a conversation between two deaf people:

Man 1: Hi! Are you going for a movie?

Man 2: No! I am going for a movie!


Now some of you might find this funny and others might call it poor humor (Like I did). But then I started giving the whole thing a bit of thought. And I found out that its perfectly true! No, I don't mean that this is the only thing that deaf people talk about or all the conversations that deaf people have end up the same way! What I mean is none of us know how listen to other people.

We all know that communication is very important but then we forget that communication has a give and take principle. We're all ready to express our views but are we willing to hear other people out? Aren't we so obsessed about telling our stories but are we interested in hearing what other people have to say? Or do we even listen to others at all?
I doubt it.


Listening is equally important as speaking. We have to keep our minds open and listen to other peoples' views otherwise we aren't going to get too far on the "World Peace" front! Ok, forget the global implications! What about your personal life? I read a research that said the number of Divorce cases in India is at an all-time high and 50% of the cases were due to lack of proper communication (read Listening)!!!

How many of you have friends who stick with you through thick and thin? How many stand by you in times of need? Only a few I guess! We live in a time when people are forever selfish and you cant blame anybody for it! We brought it on ourselves - all this competition, never ending greed, global warming and what not! If you ask me, I'd tell you that the human race is on a never - ending quest towards total annihilation! And No, I am not a pessimist! I just try reading between the lines!

I am not a dreamer either but I am sure of one thing, if we all just LISTEN to each other wholeheartedly, we can learn to love one another and accept one another for what he/she is! And once we achieve that, we can bring an end to all these aimless Wars (both Religious & Political) and with that we can banish hatred as such!

And trust me, if you just keep your ears open, you might just find the best advice of your life and that too from the most unexpected of sources!

We all live for such a short amount of time and would it harm us in anyway to make this wonderful world we live in a better place?

One World, One Religion, One People!

Now for those of you who disagree with whatever I said, I shall leave you with a line from one of John Lennon's most famous rock ballads:

You may say I am a dreamer; But I am not the only one!