5 Lessons On Love You Can Learn From Your Pooch For Valentine’s Day
Another Valentine’s Day when it appears that everyone in the world has a perfectly happy committed relationship. In other words, a day when most of us writhe in disappointment.
It’s not that we’re saying we’re not loved at all, or that we don’t love, or that we’ve never tasted love. The frustration I hear most (in my office, in the media, and from friends) is that, “No one loves me the way I need to be loved.” And sure enough, as spring blooms, scads of those happy couples around us will break up or divorce for just this reason – at least one person didn’t feel adequately adored.
But ask if they’ve ever felt loved in the right way–even by an animal–and you’re bound to hear, “Oh! Well sure. My dog loves me unconditionally, but no person can do that.”
Really? Ask a four-year-old how they feel about their mother. You won’t hear a lot of conditions. Or, more relevantly, ask a new parent how they feel about their teething six-month-old baby at 3:15 a.m. Would they actually make a trade for freedom and give up their bundle of joy? “No way!”
Why not? Because their love is unconditional.
So why are we so damnably bad at giving such love to each other?
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/5-valentines-day-lessons-on-love-you-can-learn-from-your-pooch/
But ask if they’ve ever felt loved in the right way–even by an animal–and you’re bound to hear, “Oh! Well sure. My dog loves me unconditionally, but no person can do that.”
Really? Ask a four-year-old how they feel about their mother. You won’t hear a lot of conditions. Or, more relevantly, ask a new parent how they feel about their teething six-month-old baby at 3:15 a.m. Would they actually make a trade for freedom and give up their bundle of joy? “No way!”
Why not? Because their love is unconditional.
So why are we so damnably bad at giving such love to each other?
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/5-valentines-day-lessons-on-love-you-can-learn-from-your-pooch/