Up...Please

Coco is limping. She was barking at me last night. Kept telling her to jump on the bed because I was too tired to just pick her up and get re-situated.

Yesterday, she got vaccinated and I just realized earlier today that she was limping. Didn’t register to me last night that she needed help and I just felt bad about it now. Normally she’s full of pep but watching her go under the bed limping...yeah I felt like an ass. Forgot that she may be having after effects from her shots. Vet techs said it would be a few days.

Why sometimes we have the blinders? We miss other's troubles. We forget sometimes they are not as spry as before. Their get-up-and-go has got-up-and-left. This lesson I will remember.

We hope others will remember the hurt and pain one feels. We hope that they will be in a better place. We hope that certain accommodations will be made. Yes, I understand that everyone has troubles. I get that some people will want to denigrate and de humanize others. Won’t go into political stuff but I will leave up to you to look with softer eyes. It’s easy to scapegoat and blame others for their lot in life. However, I’m reminded of a scene from movie. The movie’s name escapes me.

Nevertheless, the protagonist says, the business man is only a few bad or missed paychecks from the homeless person. Not sure if there ever was time there wasn’t a class system between the have and have-nota. Some cultures still have caste systems. Not going to lay out any platitudes, like “I’m my brother’s keeper” or “Remember the Golden Rule” If you don’t know these sayings by now, then that’s on you.

Anyways, no moral to the story here. No call to action. Just I was reminded that to first address a problem, one must understand the concern. Sorry, Coco. We’ll go for a walk when you’ll feel better.