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Birds have taught me a lot over the years but i read an article the other day (Lessons in Mindfulness From a Happy Cockatiel - in Psychology Today - random, but google knows me) and then i saw this and agree with pretty much all of it
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What important lessons have your pets taught you ? (or someone else's pets, or maybe through David Attenborough for example if you don't have pets)
 
This is making me chuckle, Justine. My pets have taught me to (TRY) to live in the moment. They certainly do. We JUST got a cat and he reminded me that cats take naps whenever they want to. He laid in the sun on one of our beds all afternoon today. It also takes so little to make a pet happy!
 
Cherylndesigns said:
This is making me chuckle, Justine. My pets have taught me to (TRY) to live in the moment. They certainly do. We JUST got a cat and he reminded me that cats take naps whenever they want to. He laid in the sun on one of our beds all afternoon today. It also takes so little to make a pet happy!
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they do live in the moment! no need for dayplanners or calendars i guess and oh yes, if only i could nap anywhere, whenever like my George. I'm a bit more like my Steve, he seems to just pretend to nap because the other birds are and always keeps one eye opened so he doesn't miss anything!
 
My dogs have modeled forgiveness day after day as they get under my feet and get kicked accidentally.
 
Unconditional love..
like the way he watches me sleep
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to the look in his eyes when he does something he knows I won't approve of.. (like raping my care bears)

but my favorite is...
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You are my whole world.. and I would do anything for you.. look.. where he is completely and totally focused on making life a better place for me
 
What my dog has taught me:

Live in and for the moment. (Eh, I almost always fail at applying this lesson, because I tend to brood upon the past, and to fret about the future … but my dog has taught me that living in and for the moment is an admirable goal).

Experience the joy of life/la joie de vivre. There is so much sorrow and grief in this world, it can sort of get you down, but there is joy and elation, too. My dog does this joyful sort of leap-run, as he races across the yard in (vain) pursuit of a squirrel; or as he runs the length of the yard in tandem with his two friends (a couple of golden retrievers) next door. The sense of joy is palpable, and infectious.

Let your loved ones know how much you love them. Every time I come home, whether I’ve been away for 5 minutes or for 5 hours, my dog goes crazy with his displays of affection.

If I’m frantically sniffing and barking at a corner of your converted-to-living-space attic bedroom, it’s because a family of squirrels has taken up residence in your attic walls. I am sounding the alarm: why aren’t you listening to me?! (Took me a while to figure this one out, but yeah, there were squirrels in the attic, and it was my dog who first raised the alarm … I then had to hire a company to do a humane squirrel removal, which involved peanut butter and non-lethal traps: fun times!).
 
This post inspired this page- listing what I have seen of my cats' lives:
 
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