Tag: Dogs

Be more dog

Posted on by philipdodson
‘Cookie’ by Philip Dodson

I read a lovely article today online about a boy and his dog.

It struck me as a dog owner, that Cookie, our dog, is always pleased to see you in the morning, her whole body wags, then as soon as you go out, she sits on the sofa by the window waiting for you to return. Even, if you are out for 10-15 minutes, she rushes to the door to greet you.

She is always happy, bounds everywhere, chases her ball almost to exhaustion, and loves lying next to for yet more attention.

She loves to play and she is never rough, always gentle and dog’s have amazing emotional intelligence, they really can sense your moods.

She never gets tired of attention and being talked to and when you are not feeling at your best she knows too.

Dogs are always happy, as I type this I can hear her bounding down the stairs with excitement about something, so perhaps we could learn from them and choose to be more dog.

Cute kittens

Posted on by philipdodson

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Pictures or videos of cute kittens, fluffy dogs, owls, furry things, of ice cream and food will get more likes, shares, RT’s and coverage on the social channels than say world poverty.

Posting something on climate change, corruption, war, famine or other serious injustices to fellow humans can sometimes get little attention.

Cuteness is obviously more appealing than ‘ugly’ issues. How do we make these critical and ‘ugly’ issues have more appeal to the world?

Or do we have to accept that the human cares only about what affects them directly right now?

Maybe, we look differently at serious issues and simply convey them to the world via pictures and video showing what impact they will have on fluffy kittens and bowls of ice cream.

Then there would be more shares.

Cute kittens could save the world.