Jackson welcomed a new sister a couple of weeks ago. Well, maybe welcome is a bit generous. He sniffed turned and settled his body into what looked like a 75 pound question mark. The last thing he expected that Sunday was a five pound nine week old Cairn Terrorist to enter his life. Cautious Jackson slowly is finding his way with her. She wasn't ever cautious. Ever intrepid, not realizing that another dog might not think she was just the cutest thing.
As I watch them it occurs to me that is what we are trying to do much of the time. We're just trying to figure each other out and figure out how to be with one another. Some of us are cuter than others and our alignment on issues is compatible. But there are people in the world who just don't see things the way we do and aren't a bit cute -- or not in our estimation. We may circle them a time or two, curl our lips and raise our hackles or we may just tuck our tails and run.
The true measure of our humanness is the willingness to let others in even though what they have to say or what they believe is uncomfortable. Unless they're trying to kill us there's seldom a reason to snap back -- at least that's what I'm gathering watching an eight year old Golden Retriever deal with a pup. He is letting her into his life more and more and he may even welcome her exuberance. In fact, she just stole his Greenie and he didn't seem to mind at all.
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