Being bitten by Sabre (a female German Shepherd) around 55 years ago, not surprisingly, affected my view of dogs in general. It really wasn’t that I did not like dogs, but more I simply did not trust them. I got to know a few (5 come to mind!) dogs over the years, but it was not until late 2012 that I started thinking about possibly adopting one and, around this time in 2013, we signed the adoption papers for Ray.
I was introduced to computers a very long time ago, and have always enjoyed their capabilities. I have readily adopted all the necessary upgrades and generally consider myself as quite proficient with the technology however, computers have always been a useful “tool” for doing things! They are of course wonderful for storing huge amounts of data, and email can certainly be a positive asset for various reasons. One thing that I never considered using it for, until Ray had been with us for about 18 months… was for blogging.
While I happily got into the blogging as a way of sharing various moments with Ray with anybody who was interested, it had never crossed my mind to write a book about anything in particular. All that soon changed and I was soon drafting up “Who Said I was up for Adoption?” (previously titled “A Dog’s Life?”), which many of you know was published in May 2016.
Also from blogging, I now have friends all around the world of various nationalities, cultures, spiritual beliefs, skin colors, together with a broad age range and no doubt various shapes and sizes.
Pulling all these factors together, I guess I should say “Sabre, wherever you are, thank you for biting me. Without that nip on my leg, it is possible that none of the other events would have taken place. I may have adopted a dog much sooner. I may have never felt the need to start a blog; I may never have met Ray, and then I may never have “met” all these fellow bloggers. Thank you Sabre!”
Life’s like that! Food for thought!
Funny how experiences like that can change our life view, isn’t it? Ear scratches for Sabre!
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One just never knows! š
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Just goes to show you never know. We are all walking a foggy path with twists and turns and a vague idea of what’s going on. Dogs, however seem to nose more?
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Dogs really do live for the moment, and we can learn from that if we want to! š
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I wish to thank Sabre as well for his part in leading you to start a blog! š
It is always interesting to see how one thing can lead to another. How even unpleasant incidents can lead to wonderful things!
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Sabre was a girl but, apart from that, I agree! š
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Hey I had 50/50 chance of being right! But knowing my history with being right, should I be surprised? No need to answer that! š
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A 50/50 chance? You’re joking right?
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Well… just to clarify. There is no 50/50 chance in this context. Read the first line of the Post again, and perhaps focus on what it says within the brackets. If you wish more clarification, you know you only have to ask!:)
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Apparently I overlooked that line! I have a feeling this won’t be the last I hear of this little oversight, but I won’t have a need of more clarification my helpful friend. š Just sitting here shaking my head!
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You could say the bite changed your fate/life in the long range of things. I’m glad you found Ray or perhaps he found you. His misfortune became his life change for the better when you came along.
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Ray certainly made his mark, as he dramatically changed our lives in so many ways! (He knew what he was doing!) š
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Everything happens for a reason. Some call it coincidence, some call it luck, some call it fate. Whatever, the benefits can be enormous, and that is definitely the kind of life I like!
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Hi Di – I really don’t go with the coincidence, luck or fate arguments but, however one describes it, it’s a fascinating sequence of events that brought each of us to our current place! š
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That’s what makes life so intersting, the knock on effect of one thing leading to another. If Hubby hadn’t put the ad in, I would not have seen it, let alone answered it. Just think what we may have missed!
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You will never know… but perhaps that it is how it should be! š
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All things happen for a reason – just we don’t always know that reason at the time.
Good to have ‘met’ you and Ray here on WP, Colin. š
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Good to have met you also. š (BOL – Ray!)
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It is amazing again and again what incidents or happenings were necessary to lead to the place where we are today!
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Life certainly is an adventure! š
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It is!! š
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See that! Finding the silver lining! I like that!
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Nothing in life is a coincidence…the bite led you here.
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Isn’t it fascinating to look back at events, relationships, circumstances etc., and realize that they all brought us to where we are today. If any one of them had been different, we could well be in some other place and under very different circumstances! How can anybody be bored with life? š
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I don’t know how, or how folks can miss the connections…it’s all there. Maybe, it gets easier with age ??
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The benefit of aging! š
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