Grant's Lessons: Part 4

Grant is much smarter than any of us give him credit...and we give him credit for a LOT!

Maizy our part beagle, part terrier, part whippet/greyhound, part steeplechase participant has found her true love in life: running. She especially likes running through tall weeds where she bounds with every step with her brother chasing her....sort of.

Grant is much more earthbound. So when we go to the dog park and Maizy bounds through the tall weeds, Grant runs along the path waiting for her to bound out and only then plays with her. He doesn't go into the overgrown area. Grant expends much less energy and time waiting for her to come out of the weeds but finds her every time.

Grant doesn't spend the time to run through the weeds (thank goodness, his allergies would drive him even more nuts if he did!) but waits for the opportune moment to surprise Maizy on the path. They both love it!

We can learn much from G. He doesn't spend any energy searching through tall weeds but waits until he can see what is going on. How many times do we go searching in crazy places rather than giving things the time to come to us? (Needle in the haystack sound familiar to anyone?) We search long and hard for things that would come to us anyway if we just gave it the time.

Here's to G for waiting for the good thing(s) to come his way. We have much to learn....thanks G!