This blog is about Cody, a Guide Dog in Training.
Cody wakes each morning to face life in radical amazement! Everything is phenomenal, everything incredible. Not a moment to be taken casually. His zest and appreciation of life reminds me of Abraham Heschel's words:
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement… get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
Radical amazement!
The same flowers he smelled yesterday are new today, sticks carried and left by the door are an unexpected surprised, sunshine on his face, grass on his belly... and oooh the sprinkler.
This Heartbeat [1] from Heaven reminds me that hand in hand with radical amazement is radical gratitude. Taking nothing for granted but being thankful for every gift and for the giver. Every hug, word, look, every playtime, walk, feeding... as if it were the first -- totally unexpected, fully appreciated.
God said, "Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me." (Isaiah 49:14-16)
This little heartbeat [1] from Heaven may not be inscribed on our hand, but daily he is leaving paw prints across our hearts.
1. The word in Hebrew for dog is kelev. Kelev is a composite of two Hebrew words: k’ meaning “like,” and lev meaning “heart.” So kelev means “like a heart.” The Hebrew word for puppy, k’lavlav, underscores the special nature of the human-canine relationship. Lavlav is onomatopoeia, the sound of a heartbeat, “lub-dub” according to the AMA. So the Hebrew word for puppy means “like a heartbeat.” The Jewish Chronicle - The light at death s door Achare — Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1-20-27
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