Happy New Year to you and to all the cool dogs that have given us joyful moments even in times where things aren’t going the way we thought they would!
It is the day where we reflect back on 2011 and many decide what they want out of 2012. Try making a Love List. It will give you inspiration to do more things that involve your happiness in 2012.
Dogs Have No Expectations
While we make New Year’s Resolutions, or Intentions I prefer to call them, we tend to not even list things that we’d really like to do. Why?
Because we start thinking about all the reasons why it’s not possible. We don’t get up ready to go with no expectations or worries that we won’t do it right like our wonderful dogs do.
In Kitchen Table Wisdom, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen tells how she learned to be a perfectionist from her Dad who, when she handed him a paper on which she got 98%, asked: “What happened to the other two points?” The time and effort spent in pursuing perfection, of bridging the gap between your best effort undertaken with presence — which to the soul is enough — and perfection, is time and effort you haven’t spent on things that feed soul: tending to your intimate relationships, enjoying just being, or doing anything that doesn’t require outside approval — just complete and total enjoyment in the here and now.
Plan To Do More Things with Your Dog in 2012 | Your Dog Does Not Expect Perfection
Lose your expectations and gain more joy, more peace, a feeling of happiness. Simply wag more.
Here are some very simple things to do with your dog to make 2012 happy, healthy and a love list that rocks!
- Start walking 10 minutes a day with your dog very first thing. It will become and amazing habit.
- 5K9 Walk Run Wag – Train for a 5K and run or walk it with your dog.
- Take your dog to a dog herding class. You’ll be amazed that your city dog will just “get it”.
- Start making homemade food for your dog here and there. Our dogs are dying younger of disease. Why? Could it be a diet that consist only of processed foods?
- Take a skype lifestyle session about the psychology of your dog and learn why your dog’s anxiety is your anxiety. You’ll both have a much more fulfilled way of life when the realization hits.
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- Teach your dog to surf.
Start you own list of things you’d like to to with your dog, with your friends, with your family and have the greatest 2012 ever.
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As a 9 time Ironman finisher, change maker and author and creator of 5K Training Guide | Running with Dogs and K9 Cross Fitness Classes in Kailua Kona Hawaii I encourage you to make that change you want so badly today!
