Comments on: Profound Thinking from The Road

By: Bobbie Bhambree

Bobbie Bhambree — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:46:08 +0000

This comment is to Nelci: my husband is a HUGE Rocky fan. One of the Rocky movies has been on every other night here for the past 3 weeks. I have no idea why. And if it’s on tv, then he’s watching it. He will be THRILLED to know you quoted Rocky! LOL!!!

By: Bobbie Bhambree

Bobbie Bhambree — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:43:21 +0000

I really appreciate you vocalizing your feelings about recycling. I bring all of my plastic bottles home with me after a trial. I also try to use aluminum water bottles.

A wonderful feeling…hmmm…I also don’t have children so I would have to go with the laughter bit. How about laughing so hard and long that your cheeks are literally in pain. Once I got an asthma attack from laughing for 10 minutes straight. That was bittersweet!

Here’s a great feeling that brings me back to my teenage days: finding out a boy really likes you when you thought you had no chance…ahh, the days of young love.

By: Teddy Tedford

Teddy Tedford — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:44:40 +0000

taking my dog and puppy to the senior center and having them entertain the folks for a whole hour . Seeing there faces when they got a puppy hug or told me where to hide the toy so River could find it was priceless. Doing some clicker training and having both dogs and seniors enjoy it . Having that experience is hard to beat..

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:14:59 +0000

Those moments when you look at your dog and they look at you and your heart swells up into your throat. Most often, this is accompanied by an overwhelming need to squeeze some part of their body’s (for me it’s lips!)
This often happens to me with my new puppy when I’m on the computer. He walks slowly up to me and is wiggling his little butt so hard it’s blurring. He has this little smile where just the very corners of his lips are turned up and making wee wrinkles. I can’t help myself…I grab his lips between my fingers and squeeze while he wiggles so hard he could just take off into the air.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:13:34 +0000

Surely the best feeling is pride….. The first time your child writes his name, when the teacher says he is such a well behaved child or when he takes a dog he hardly knows into the junior ring and knows all the right cues and handles it better than most adults . When the dog you never thought would ever compete as she was so nervous finds her confidance and the manic, out of control collie is eventually tamed (slightly) and both win class after class having the most amazing season ever. When the Lab doesn’t air scent (even though he’s in a horse arena full of smells) and he finally gets those weave entries!

It’s not the winning that really means anything it’s the pride in knowing what you have overcome in order to acheive that win!

By: Theresa Litourneau

Theresa Litourneau — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:01:25 +0000

Wonderful reading …
Susan, I see a book in the making …. Oprah…. Ellen….David…

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:56:30 +0000

Looks like a common theme is RELIEF!

I have had the relief of finding a lost pet. Relief from pain. Relief knowing that somthing bad had happened, hadn’t. Warm clothes when your cool. Cool water when your hot. Knowing you didnt screw up your dogs training when you thought you had.

Relief is high on my list of good feelings.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:23:30 +0000

Watching the smiles, listening to the giggles and laughter of the abused and neglected children at the Abused Children’s Shelter when they play with my little agility “genius” who doubles as a therapy dog. Those little innocent children connect with the little innocent dog and there is nothing like it in the world. I have been told by staff that the times with my little dog are the only times some of those children smile…..ahhhh.

By: Jan V

Jan V — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:58:42 +0000

This one may be hard for some to understand, but it is real for me. There is a tearful emptiness coupled with an extreme sense of tranquility, peacefulness and joy that overcomes me. This feeling has only come to me twice in my life, when euthanizing my geriatric pets. A great weight is lifted once that day comes, knowing your once vibrant companion’s soul has been set free from his/her failing body. I feel a greater sense of connectedness to my spirituality in these moments, and so very blessed for the time I had with them… and the uniquely special spot that each will hold in my heart forever.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:42 +0000

Finally pushing the shoulders of my baby out. Nothing like that.

My best feeling: the moments when I look at my daughter and it chokes me up. I can’t believe I finally have my baby and I feel more blessed than I could have ever imagined to share my life with her.