Do you have the mindset of a dog or a cat?
Excerpts from a Dog’s Diary:
8:00am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
8:00pm - Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
Excerpts from a Cat’s Diary:
Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre, little dangling objects. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.
Two pets, identical circumstances, but totally different experiences. What’s the difference? It is a way of thinking. A basic outlook on life. Gratitude is one mindset; entitlement is another. Which one are you?
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven” - John Milton, Paradise Lost
HT: John Ortberg, The Me I Want to Be
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