Sheepdog journey
And the story continues It has been a long time since I have blogged. For a variety of reasons. The biggest reason is the ever elusive time. It seems like I am hitting the busiest time of my life. I feel like with the passing of my Mother, that my life lesson is, 'to live...fully'. I am hitting my stride - or trying to. I reflect only briefly backwards of the time I may have squandered walking up a path designed by someone else. A very good friend of mine several years ago gave me the analogy that your dog running parallels how things are 'going' in your life. Thus the periodic reference to the 'sheepdog journey'. I don't entirely buy into it. However, when your life is cluttered and your energy is like the hoarder households kitchen, sure enough it's tough to find the focus needed to hold up your end of the partnership with your dog. I have witnessed very good people who go through rough life times and take it out on those arou