I sat down to write this commentary, prompted by a
carcass of a dead dog, lying by the side of the road...
On returning from a walk this morning, I happened upon
the form of a huge Alsatian dog, lying at the foot of the railway bridge I had
crossed earlier. The dog
must have just been knocked over by a speeding motorist, (I had not seen the
body on my outward passing) because it was still quite warm (I sort of checked;
its eyes were open and glazed over; and I presumed that it was just exhausted)
but the blood trickling from its mouth was the give away. The beautiful, wretched
creature was dead. Its handsome thick coat of fur (typical of the breed),
glistening in the struggling, morning sun. But he was gone from this
world.
I lamented the poor beast's passing with a quick
prayer, and wished its life force a good journey, to wherever it is that animal
souls go.
What struck me was the irreverent apathy everyone else
showed toward the situation. A large dog lying dead along a public walkway is
unusual, isn't it? Yet no one else even seemed to acknowledge its presence. It
was there as large as life, but recognition of its physical being was only a
show of indifference.
It is the same with many of us. We are magnificent
creations of God, going about our business of life; yet unseen (and sometimes
even happy for that). The troubles of our personal world make us oblivious to
our real essence; we start to marginalise our purposes and accept our duty as
the core of our being. We begin to just exist, not to live!
Pursue your dreams with dogged determination...
Change the course of your life today. You are worth
it. You are loved...
~ SB
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