Dog karma

~ MaryG

Do you believe in karma?

You know how people always say that you can tell if someone is actually a good person based on how children and dogs feel about them?

Well, I don’t love that, because I’m not a big fan of dogs. Does that make me a bad person? (I’m great with kids, by the way.)

Well, last night, I had an experience that improved my dog karma (I think). There was no actual dog present (yay), but I felt the dog’s spirit.

A wonderful church friend in her 80s had had to put her beloved dog Grace down earlier that day. At choir practice, she told us the meaning behind the dog’s name and a bit about her personality. (Apparently Grace disliked men, but was a peacemaker amongst dogs.) My friend then asked us to sing two different versions of Amazing Grace in honor of Grace the Dog.

It was so moving. I have honestly never heard our choir sing so beautifully. I’ve never sung so beautifully. There were tears, even from one of the men Grace constantly barked at while she was alive.

We sang all three verses of the song over the two renditions, the last one a cappella. Then we silently closed our hymnals and moved on with choir rehearsal.

It was the perfect way to honor a dog.

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15 thoughts on “Dog karma”

  1. Awwwe. Beautiful. I reckon I would have had a tear in my eye. I wasn’t far off from just reading the post.

    Not liking dogs doesn’t make you a bad person. There can be different reasons if not liking dogs.

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      1. George has been so important to our family health and healing, but he’s also just such a wonderful and loving constant companion. It’s indeed a special bond.

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    1. Thanks Laurie. I was happy to be part of such a meaningful tribute to a beloved pet. Cats are less trouble (we had one for many years), but I’m sort of like an old school Italian grandmother who think animals (and their poop and their pee and their barf and their fur) belong OUTSIDE. Too messy in the house.

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  6. I’m not sure I believe that saying that someone is a good person based on how children and dogs feel about them? I’ve not actually heard that before?
    I think a good person tries to leave other people’s lives a little better rather than worse, while accepting that they won’t always succeed.
    I also feel how you treat people when you’re irritated, disappointed or in disagreement with them is important. It’s relatively easy to be kind when everything is going well. Character tends to reveal itself when it isn’t.

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