Watching My Dog Watch The World

I am watching my dog (BooBoo) watch the world. BooBoo has had only one eye since she was a pup. True, she’s adapted and does well. Still, I sometimes watch her looking at the world and wondering, evaluating. “What is this I see? I myself am well-trained in visual adaptation, but these days I find myself looking at the world and wondering, what is this I am seeing?

I  am brokenhearted. So many of my friends and family live around the world. To the north of North Carolina. To the south of North Carolina. And across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. I have always felt like a world citizen. 

I am a World Citizen!!!!!

Mutuality and  Reciprocity matter to me. 

Relationship and Faith in one another despite, or especially because of our differences matters to me. 

Knowing that I am part of something bigger than myself matters to me….

Something bigger than the cost of eggs or how cool my car is…matters to me. 

You matter to me. It’s true. 

It doesn’t matter to me what your job is.  What basketball team you root for (although this year, if you are a UNC fan, I admire our faith), what your country of origin is, what you have in your bank account (honestly, money doesn’t impress me much), how you vote, how you worship, or how you love the people you love….

You, my friend,  matter to me. 

Because we share soooo much. We have more than we often realize in common. And we bring so many different life experiences than are not easily recognized.  Yet, we are… the same. 

I need love and touch and joy and beauty.

 I think  you do too. 

I need to be seen and heard. I know you do too. 

I need to laugh and cry and be scared sometimes.  I think you do too. 

I need to be able to mess up and be forgiven. 

I need to try and fail and try again. 

I need to know I am strong. 

AND,

I need to know that sometimes when I have been strong, and worked hard, and given it my best shot.  I find myself in need. 

And believing that’s okay…that sometimes I need help….and sometimes I offer help…

Is called BEAUTIFUL 

-remember, whatever it is you’re looking for, 

if you look for it, you will find it,

So look for the good. It’s there. I promise. 

(If you look for bad, you will find it)