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Human/Canine/Bird Encounter
Another day at the park
I snapped the above picture a few summers ago. It amazed me how that woman walking her dog walked right past that magnificent great blue heron without ever noticing it. What is doubly amazing is that the dog never noticed it either.
If my beloved wolf-dog was still alive and I was walking her in the park and we came that close to the bird she would have done everything in her power to fix herself a blue heron sandwich. (Of course, I would not have let her. I would have held on to her leash for dear life. She may have been extremely powerful but I can be strong sometimes, too.)
It’s almost like the woman and her dog had blinders on. Both their heads are cast downward at the ground in front of their feet. Obviously the woman had not read my still-not-written book, Mindful Walking.
Walking is all about sightseeing and being present. You’ve got to take in the scenery. See and feel the world you are walking through. Look for beauty and notice the subtleties. Don’t be afraid to walk slowly.
(That is what it will say on the back cover of the aforementioned unwritten book.)
Seriously, what amazed me the most is that the beautiful great blue heron just stood there. The woman and her dog may not have been aware of the bird but she was…
