
a walk with Mocha
usual routine
put on leash
walk down the hill
walk back up the hill
go back home
wipe his paws
take off his leash
what is so ordinary became the only thing that seems to be able to make me smile
when i touch the leash, Mocha will run to me with hope filled in his eyes and immediately sit down in front of me to show his manners
with a calm face and posture, Mocha still can't hide his evident excitement from his skinny tail continuously wagging from left to right
right when we stepped out the door, Mocha raised his hind left leg in an awkward position to release himself
after he was done, we started our walk down the hill
you know how there's a saying that "dogs are just like their owners"?
i thought it was just pure luck, but today i realized it is so damn true
staring at Mocha from the back
i realized he reminded me of a particular person
head tilted
unbalanced
just when he's walking towards one side
he realizes that he was deviating from the path
so he adjust his footsteps
and starts tilting the other direction
he reminded me
of myself
and i can't help but laugh
now we're home
i sat down to get ready to wipe his paws
after i got a piece of wet tissue paper
he raised his front left leg
i wiped his paw
then he switched to his front right leg
then hind left leg
then hind right leg
without me telling or assisting him in any way
what a smart doggie :)
now as i'm typing this
he is next to me staring out the window
wagging his tail whenever a rabbit passes by
why am i typing this blog?
simplicity and naiveness
as we grow up in life
we learn a lot more
we find out a lot more
maybe more than we want to at times
why is it something as simple as "taking a walk" or "petting" or even "looking at him" make Mocha so happy?
it's because these are gestures of love
it shows him that we care about him
of course these are just assumptions made by myself
but it occurred to me that everyone, or at least i am, is the same
i am happy on my birthday because i see the caring in action
rather than just saying "i care about you" i actually saw it
maybe sometimes we are not as "grown up" as we think we are
maybe we just might need a little more explaining and a little more action to know exactly what is going on
it takes time for a children to fully understand something
are we really old enough to eliminate that process?
when you say "yeah i understand"
do you really?
being able to express yourself is one thing
but being able to express yourself fully and clearly is a whole other level