FOXSYLVANIA

One advantage that animals have over us is that they live life in the immediate present — and in doing this, spare themselves the anxieties and preoccupations that humans fill most of their lives with.  Recently, one of my dogs needed and underwent surgery for a bladder stone, which caused him to pass blood with his urine.  He had no idea that the surgery was coming, so he didn’t worry about it.  On the day of the surgery, he was just swept along by the events of the day, and when it was over, it was for him as if it had never happened.  It just was, and then it was over.  My pet didn’t worry over his convalescence, either, and indeed it was very difficult to tell that he had even had an operation, so soon was he ripping around afterwards. 

Our mental health would be more enhanced if we would learn from our furry brethren, and try and live more of life in the immediate present.  The past is immutable and can’t be changed or done over, and much of the future is unknown and subsequently uncontrollable.  Living in the present moment is not being short-sighted, but rather Zen-like, for the present moment is of the highest importance.

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