20240421 : living in the moment
I was talking to my dog this morning. No! I have not lost my mind. It's perfectly normal to talk to your dog! It's weird if the dog talks back to you though... She is very attached to my wife and daughters and gets very anxious when all 3 of them are not at home. My wife and daughters have gone for a few days for a holiday. Ever since they left, she has been crying often ( read howling) and has been on a "Satyagraha" boycotting food. So I was telling her this morning, that they are coming back tomorrow morning and everything will be fine. And she gave me that strange, blank, questioning look probably wondering "what is this human telling me. I don't recognise this command". And I realised with that blank look that she doesn't know tomorrow. For that matter, she doesn't know today. She only knows now.. she is living completely in the moment! Not just her, every animal and being lives only in the moment. Sure, some species gather and store