When I was a teenager, I experienced an event of little notice that later became profound for me. I don’t remember why I remembered it as such, but the event stuck with me, so I thought that I would share it.
I was about 14 and, like many of us, I had a dog. In the springtime one day, I held the screen door open for my dog to go outside.
My dog sat in front of me, wagging his tail, and I said:
“In or Out?”
asking my dog which it would be. The dog just sat in front of me continuing to wag his tail, just looking up at me.
“In or Out?”
I queried again, holding the screen door open, giving the dog the option to stay inside or to go outside. But my dog just kept looking up at me, and then he started to run in circles.
“In or Out?”
I said for the third time, now with frustration that the dog was not making a decision (and was also now running in circles).
Finally, I simply said:
“Go outside!”
and my dog happily ran outside.
Later in life (and I cannot now remember when or why), I recalled this event for the proposition that some people simply want others to make decisions for them regarding their life events.
Some people make the decisions for themselves, and some people await the accidents of external events to force the action.
Some people are just happier waiting for others to make their life decisions, but, as for me, I never wanted to be like my dog.
© 2017 Gregg Zegarelli, Esq. Gregg can be contacted through LinkedIn.
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