updated 80 days ago by TinaValant | 107 views | 7 barks

Here, in this House

With all the journeys to the Rainbow Bridge, recently on MDS, we thought this might be comforting.

author unknown ~ lovely, but tissue alert !!

Here in this house ~ I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of other dogs out there. I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed. I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I'll eat. I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat. I will feel the sun's heat, the rain's coolness, and be allowed to smell all that reaches my nose. My fur will shine, and never be dirty or matted, again.

Here in this house ~ There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level. I will be talked to and, even if I don't understand, I can enjoy the warmth of the words. I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among so many. My name will be used in joy, and I love the sound of it!

Here in this house ~ I will never be a substitute for anything I am not. I will never be used to improve peoples' image of themselves.

I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone's idea of whom I should be. I will never suffer for someone's anger, impatience, or stupidity. I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all. If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to my teacher for blame.

Here in this house ~ I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch, knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me. If I am ill, I will be doctored; scared, I will be calmed; sad, I will be cheered. No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and of value. I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly, or not cute enough. My life is a responsibility, not an afterthought. I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and fair as dogs.

Here in this house, I belong. I am home.