From Psychology Today.
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Doggo Deuce. Deuce has three (3) legs. He was hit by a car years ago. He’s still fast, actually does better running and trotting than he does walking. I ride my mountain bike with him in the Oakland hills, and at Oyster Bay Regional Park in San Leandro, CA.
One of his favorite trails is in Redwood Regional Park, off of Snake Rd in Montclair, Oakland. He won’t fetch a stick, but he loves this orange chuck-it ball.
When I was in a wheelchair, our neighbor said “Now there’s something you don’t see every day, a man in a wheelchair with a three-legged dog.”
No formal training, and not a registered therapy dog, but he’s our family’s therapy dog for sure.
Good boy Deuce!
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Japanese Mindfulness – Ichi-go Ichi-ē
Ichi-go Ichi-ē. Ichi-go ichi ē. “One meeting, one chance.” This moment is precious. Even if we read this exact same post tomorrow, at the same time, in the same place, on the same phone, we can’t recreate an identical encounter with each other that is happening right now.
“We shall arrive at the place we started, and know the place for the first time.”
– T.S. Elliot, The Four Quartets
It takes artists years to draw a perfect circle. The process teaches us that there’s no such thing as “perfect.” The “flaws” make each of our circles unique. Life goes in circles.
James Wogan LCSW 