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Despite all odds

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: Today's Reflection is about a wagging tail.

A three-legged dog is playing outside in the park, completely oblivious to his (or perhaps her; somehow, dogs are always males for me) sad and challenging circumstance of missing a leg. His tail never stops wagging, and having fun is all he is after. In fact, I don't see many dogs whose tail wags as fast as this one. Whether it is when he is chasing a ball or greeting strangers who pass by, it never stops. I see his missing leg; he obviously couldn't care less. He knows something I don't.

What a metaphor for life! How easy it is for us humans to focus on "the missing leg" and forget that there is so much more to life.

:: "We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises
:: on the paths of life." - Carl Jung


A sunny week to you all, inside and out.
Simon

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