Man's Best Friend

On several occasions, I've posted photographs on social media of my dog and best buddy, Izzy.

I find it ironic with the sentiment that dog is man's best friend. However, I often wonder why man isn't man's best friend. Man has all of the attributes of the dig including many others. So, what is the answer?

Why is man so cruel? Why is man the only creature that will lie, steal, cheat, and betray a trust? Is there any other being that will murder or make war on his own kind? Why is man at times so God-like, yet on other occasions he will destroy even his benefactors without rhyme or reason? I often wonder if there is a reason for this inhumanity to man.

There is only one answer to offset this negative, and it is love, Jesus stressed this truth in these words;    "Love God with all your heart and mind and soul, and your neighbor as yourself ... Love one another as I have loved you." Likewise he stressed, "The kingdom of heaven is within you." Perhaps checking your inner self, which is truly the source of man's best friend.

Edward Markham noted;
"He drew a circle and shut me out; heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win; we drew circle and took him in."

Does this appear to be the only true answer? Yet, how prone we all are to shut our neighbor out. Maybe that is why we have so much respect for the dog. The dog barks and growls, and on occasion bites, but it does so to alert us of possible danger.

You may say that you are ill, that you have no peace of mind, that you are emotionally not well - which accounts for many of the cruel things you and/or others say or do.

Get healthy! Eat fruits and vegetables! Do things in moderation. Most importantly .... find love!

"A dog is the only thing on Earth that loves you more than he loves himself."