The Power of Letting Go: A Lesson from a Dog
An important lesson from a dog. I was in a car commuting from home to my daily errands. The car was speeding at about 80 km per hour. Suddenly, I saw a dog running so fast trying to overtake the car so that it could cross the road. I was frightened that the car would overrun the dog. I was praying that the dog would increase its speed and cross the road safely. The car was fast approaching the dog. Then, I saw the dog suddenly increase its speed and was able to cross the road successfully. Pheew, I sighed, thanking God it wasn’t hit by the car. But, there is something I noticed that fell off before the dog suddenly increased its speed. I asked the driver, could you please reverse? I need to see what fell off. When I saw what fell off, one of the greatest lessons sunk into my thick skull. The dog let go of the BONE. It was that SIMPLE, it reached a point where the dog had to let go of the bone in order to gain speed and save its life. Wao!, this dog is SMART… I thought. What’s the...