One of the reasons our dogs hold this very special place in our hearts is love.

Unconditional love.

They meet us with total insane joy every single time we show up.

We don’t get that from many people. In fact, we probably don’t get that from any people truth be told. But we hold on to hope that we do. Or at the very least we try our best to be that person to someone.

But, our dogs, they truly have unconditional love for us. They are unfiltered. They are raw in showing exactly how happy they are to see us.

Every.

Single.

Time.

Search and Rescue

We suffer from search and rescue all the time. We search for what is going to make us happy. We usually end up rescuing something to make us feel better. And when the unconditional wow doesn’t happen, the fulfillment we thought something else would bring us doesn’t happen….

We end up back at search and rescue.

Of course all the while, our dog at our side, unconditionally loving us for whatever choices we make.

Before It’s Time To Say Goodbye Do Your Favorite Things Every Day

The truth of the matter is, we need to learn to love ourselves. We need to love ourselves, get as excited about ourselves, as much as our dogs love us. It would change everything.

We need to do more of our very favorite things each and every day. And give our dogs more of their very favorite things every day, which is usually quite simple really and quite frankly exactly what we are looking for in lives as well.

• Non multi-tasked attention
• Exercise
• Let go of fear of tomorrow and regret about yesterday

Seriously. Imagine if all that negative talk that you just did in probably the last hour in your own head stopped and you were just stoked to be you. Imagine if you had total insane joy just because you showed up for yourself every single time you did something.

You started making all of your choices because you were stoked to be you and you were living the very best version of you because you started viewing the world as looking at you the way your dog does.

You started being you, with no excuses, not trying to be someone you aren’t to try to impress someone that really shouldn’t even have a say in how you live or what your choices are.

Imagine how your life would be different?

Love Yourself Like You Dog Loves You

Easier said than done. We’ve been stopping ourselves from doing our favorite things every day because we’re too caught up in woulda shoulda coulda. We’ve been practicing negative talk for a long time. But here’s three things to start doing right now.

1. Practice being conscious of your thoughts. When you notice a negative one start in at gnawing at your mind, think of the way your dog looks at you just for being present. Let you mind melt into that and know that you are all of that. The best version of you is a choice you get to make every single day.

2. Read Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It

3. Do something you love every day. And provide that for your dog too. It’s freeing and addicting to watch your dog wag and smile and play with wild abandon. Do it.