My neighbours got a new puppy. A third dog to keep in their tiny paved backyard with the garden shed and the single kennel. This little one seems to be a husky type- brown and white with blue eyes and gorgeously pointy and alert ears. I only knew he was there because he cried constantly for 24 hours. Not being able to spy the victim from my window, I had to climb up on a chair outside and peer over the wall to see which poor creature was so sad. Ì'm sure there's some love somewhere next door but keeping three dogs confined in one little yard I would not consider to be an ideal situation. I'd even go so far as saying it's cruel. Every creature needs space and freedom. The crying has stopped though and the other two labradors don't say a word so maybe there actually is some doggie happiness there.
The crying has been replaced by birds chirping and flies buzzing and distant children laughing and squealing and the general happy buzz that the sunshine seems to bring with it. Sunglasses and skin out for the world to see and a general contentment seems to descend where before what could be described as a certain bleakness prevailed. This morning we walked through Limerick and there was a stillness and in fact a beauty that I'd never quite noticed before. It was so much easier today to overlook the way in which a man walking his two dogs by the river didn't bother to remove his dog's business from the middle of the boardwalk. And I simply pushed the cigarette butts out of the way in my back yard so that I could enjoy the sun instead of refusing to go out there because of how disgusting it is.
I`certainly don't think summer is quite on its way yet but spring is here in all its glory- cherry blossoms and 99s and smiling people.
Sometimes, there are things we hang onto, either unintentionally or intentionally. There comes a time though when you have to let go because it's healthier and because it expresses far more love to set free rather than cling on with a grip which, however loose, causes confinement. The way of the world can be cruel, but also so incredibly wonderful. The beautiful days and the laughter will never cease to exist and though we can't control so much, it is always a certainty that they will return.
Sunshine opens up the world and allows for a freedom that bad weather denies.The little dog isn't crying anymore and the birds and butterflies and free spirtis have the entire sunny world at their exposure. That's exactly that way it should be and we are so privileged when they choose of their own accord to interact in our lives for even just a lil minute.
Makes life beautiful*
