The Universe has also surrounded us
with the perfect teachers. Animals, for
example. Animals are in the present all
the time, and their secret power is to
pull us in with them. My friend’s dog is
so happy to see her every single time she
walks in the door it’s like she’s about to
free him from forty years of
imprisonment. Even if she’s only been
gone for an hour. You’re here. I’m here. I
love you. I’m gonna pee all over the
floor about it.
Little kids are also excellent guides.
Kids get so wrapped up in the joy of
drawing or pretending or discovering
that they’d rarely eat or bathe or sleep if
we didn’t make them. They are