Doggie Bluster

Good Day Beloved,

A while back as I my pup and I were walking I noticed a behavior of hers that just tickled me. I believe I have said before that she has become overly protective of me since my wife passed. One of her ways of displaying that is to kick dirt when she sees another dog coming toward us when we are walking. I’m sure you have seen how a dog kicks their back feet after they have relived themselves. My little girl does that as a way of telling others to keep their distance. How funny this is to me. She is a big girl for her breed but compared to the Dobys and Shepards that walk around where we do she is just a two bite snack size.

I bet if we think about it, each of us could find something that we do a bit of doggie bluster with. It could be something big like pretending you are someone that you are not or something smaller like a smile when you would rather let a tear run down your cheek. The proverbial “I’m fine” can be and I bet is more often than not a bit of doggie bluster. We as a people are so conditioned to sugar coat most every aspect of life once we step out the front door of our homes. Doggie bluster can also come off as very negative. We have all seen people go off on a person in the service industry at some time or another. It is not the cashiers, the maids, the cooks, the doormans, the nurses, or anyone elses fault if we are having a bad day.

Beloved, it is unbelievably scary to contemplate being honest and real with people. Lots of time people are not even completely honest with the people they are closest to. We are funny creatures we people. The greatest comfort and greatest pain often both come from those we are the closest to. Do you think maybe if we did a bit less doggie bluster and more real honesty the highs could be higher and the hurtful times a bit less? Yeah, not sure I can do this one very well myself, Beloved. It is however a nice thought. A girl can dream right.

Beloved when I think about doggie bluster I also think of the other side, the drama queen side. I must admit that more often than I am comfortable with I turn into a drama queen of sorts. Again I turn my to my pup for an example. On the off chance that I get a smidge too close to her feet with my feet, she will squeal like I really stepped on her. Drama, she makes me jump every time with that little show.

Doggie bluster, drama queen, pretty much the same I think, yeah. I guess I can bottom line this with this, let’s all look a bit at how we behave with people. Do we doggie bluster to keep people at a distance or maybe drama queen to pull attention our way? Let us all hope and pray that this new year we are embarking into will bring more honest love and sincere care for our fellow inhabitants of the little planet. Time is too short to waste energy on doggie bluster and drama queening, Beloved be strong, be real, be kind to all life.

Have a lovely…

Mona Langmaackmelin