Having a dog is a way to hang on to all the love you had to let go.
A first love who broke your heart.
A childhood pet who was hit by a car.
The one you thought was your friend, but wasn't.
Your first car that took you places, showed you the big world.
Having a dog is a way to hang on to all you lost
A father who suddenly died too soon.
Trust that was broken.
Ideals you once held.
A mother who taught you love.
Yourself.
Religion that became like an exclusive club.
A diamond that fell from its setting.
The beautiful daughter you wish you had loved much better...the joy of your life.
The son you wish you had loved better, who was your heart.
Your youth.
The idea you had more time.
The comforting belief that death was still far away.
A poem I've always loved, is a poignant way of expressing my thoughts thoroughly. But I'm changing one word...God ..... I'm turning it around.
The Girl That Lost Things
There was a girl that lost things—
Nor only from her hand;
She lost, indeed—why, most things,
As if they had been sand!
She said, "But I must use them,
And can't look after all!
Indeed I did not lose them,
I only let them fall!"
That's how she lost her thimble,
It fell upon the floor:
Her eyes were very nimble
But she never saw it more.
And then she lost her dolly,
Her very doll of all!
That loss was far from jolly,
But worse things did befall.
She lost a ring of pearls
With a ruby in them set;
But the dearest girl of girls
Cried only, did not fret.
And then she lost her robin;
Ah, that was sorrow dire!
He hopped along, and—bob in—
Hopped bob into the fire!
And once she lost a kiss
As she came down the stair;
But that she did not miss,
For sure it was somewhere!
Just then she lost her heart too,
But did so well without it
She took that in good part too,
And said—not much about it.
But when she lost her health
She did feel rather poor,
Till in came loads of wealth
By quite another door!
And soon she lost a dimple
That was upon her cheek,
But that was very simple—
She was so thin and weak!
And then she lost her mother,
And thought that she was dead;
Sure there was not another
On whom to lay her head!
And then she lost her self—
But that she threw away;
And Dog upon its shelf
It carefully did lay.
And then she lost her sight,
And lost all hope to find it;
But a fountain-well of light
Came flashing up behind it.
At last she lost the world:
In a black and stormy wind
Away from her it whirled—
But the loss how could she mind?
For with it she lost her losses,
Her aching and her weeping,
Her pains and griefs and crosses,
And all things not worth keeping;
It left her with the lost things
Her heart had still been craving;
'Mong them she found—why, most things,
And all things worth the saving.
She found her precious mother,
Who not the least had died;
And then she found that other
Whose heart had hers inside.
And next she found the kiss
She lost upon the stair;
'Twas sweeter far, I guess,
For ripening in that air.
She found her self, all mended,
New-drest, and strong, and white;
She found her health, new-blended
With a radiant delight.
She found her little robin:
He made his wings go flap,
Came fluttering, and went bob in,
Went bob into her lap.
So, girls that cannot keep things,
Be patient till to-morrow;
And mind you don't bew
eep things
That are not worth such sorrow."
George MacDonald
Having a dog is a way to hang on to all you've lost.
Not because a dog replaces what is gone.
But because all that love still needs somewhere to live.
And somehow, it finds a home in the heart of a dog.
