‘Ok, push play…no, not that one…that is pause…push play…the one with the arrow to the right…yes, yes…now … what’d you do now? No…! Not Fast Forward…! Eject…? Oi vey…’ I smiled, closed my eyes and thank Q I was born a dog…

          Now some humans only know the pause choice…ooohh…poor me…I’ve lost my wife… ‘cause she wants to ‘find herself…’ oohh…poor me…nobody will ever love me again…oohh poor me…I feel so rejected…

         Some humans even make a FBW choice… oohh… I was abused fifty years ago…poor me…oohh…I was misunderstood thirty years ago…poor me…oohh…I was abandoned by my mother forty years ago…poor me…please…I am in desperate need of your sympathy…

           Mmm…and then there are those…that intuitively know… to make the Play Choice… Hey, I was once rejected…but, I just paused for a while…I allowed myself to feel and experience the rejection…I felt the burn…and then…it was cleared…Come on world, come on life…I’m ready to Play …

          ‘Ok guys… enough of this…come on…who’s got the soccer ball…let’s go and play…Ben…? Are you coming…?’ I opened my eyes…and then there’s p-l-a-y…oi vey…

‘Ben…check this one…RB True Loves RS…Mmm…I wonder if we’ll find RS True Loves RB …! Look at this one…Cupido here we come…RockStar Truly Loves…forever and ever…The fairest Rose…

                ‘So Mick… when will I see Mickey True Loves….’ ‘More to the point Ben…Can you honestly say Benjamin True Loves Rebecca…?’ ‘Mickey…without so much as a nano hesitation…!’ ‘You mean…that’s it…you never sort of glance around…?’ ‘It might be difficult for you to understand…with all the True Loves so easily proclaimed…but my love for Rebecca has no opposite…’ ‘No opposite…?’

                  ‘Ben…no opposite…?’ ‘Yes Mick…my love is beyond the mind…’ ‘So, if she leaves you today, falls in love with someone else…? Won’t you be jealous…? Become hostile…? Depressed…lash out…blame her…hurt her…? Grief for the rest of your life…?’ ‘Mick…you’re talking about love…with the potential of hate already there from the first kiss… In my book…that’s not True Love…’  

                ‘Ben…? If Ribs should leave you…?’ ‘Mick, tune into the consciousness frequency of presence…and you will be elevated to the…’ ‘Hey guys come on…the VIP couple has arrived…!’

‘Ben…what shall we focus on, on this very bright, beautiful and high energy Friday…?’ ‘Focus…’ ‘Yes, what shall we focus on…?’ ‘Mick…on focus…’ ‘Focus…?’

          ‘Ben…so what should be our focus…?’ ‘Our choices…’ ‘Our choices are our focus…?’ ‘Mick, let’s consider…’  

      ‘Why is everyone here so happy except me? ‘Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere’

       ‘Why don’t I see goodness and beauty everywhere?’ ‘Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside’        (Anthony de Mello’s One Minute Wisdom)

‘Oh, ok…From moment to moment we should focus on our choices…because our choices are made from inside of us…?’ ‘Yeah…Now come on Mick…let’s focus on manifesting a C-C-cookie…It is Friday after all…’  

‘Ben…the human body…Ok, I suppose your body too…’ ‘Yeah…the body…?’ ‘It’s quite important, isn’t it…?’ ‘Mickey…how else do you get your messages…?’ ‘Messages…?’

           ‘Mick…is there a storm brewing in your life…?’ ‘No Ben… I’m quite healthy. Just look at this handsome, beautiful, 2-di-4 body…!’ ‘Ja, well…hmm… I was thinking more along the lines of emotional storms…’ ‘Definitely not…! I am positive, I am confident, I am relaxed…and I’m…but, what’s this got to do with messages and the body…?’

          ‘Mick…your health problems are related to your belief systems and your emotions…! So, it might be time for you to ‘take stock…’ and make a few different choices…on things or persons in your life that do not serve you anymore…But, oi vey…so difficult…for some of you! Even when you’re unhappy you would choose the unhappiness…just not to ‘rock your boat of perceived comfort…’ ‘Aah Ben…don’t be so dramatic…’ ‘Mmm…well…you asked…’

           ‘Ben…So…?’ ‘So my friend…you become restless (which you will deny of course…), but it doesn’t go away… so it settles in your emotional field…and still you choose to suppress it…then it settles in your body…and says…Please pay attention…time for choices…Mick…’ ‘Oh I see…And what about a dog’s body…?’ ‘Now that’s quite interesting… since we contracted to be in your service… mmm…Mickey…let’s finish this tomorrow…’ ‘Ben…!! Why not now…?’

‘Beennn…!! Are you coming…?! Where are you…?!’ I held my breath and did not move… ‘Oh, here you are…Ready…?’ ‘Mickey…as you know, dogs aren’t required to…’ ‘Oh come on Ben…You’ll love it…!’

       And of course…I loved it…! It jumped this way… that way…soared with the wind…made a loop and dived down…made another loop and danced…all the way back into the sky… 

          ‘Ooohh Ben…did you see that…I think mine took the gold…! It outran all the others…’ ‘Mmm…’ ‘Bennn…? It did too…!’

          ‘Vibrations…? Ben, we’re having fun with our beautiful coloured kites…! As you always say…Wind has given us this opportunity…!’ ‘I know Mick…but don’t you agree…Those kites are just like our vibrations…The higher our energy vibrations…the more Light we allow in…the lighter we become…the more we are able to see that all of life is an opportunity…the downfalls (relationship break ups… dealing with jealousies…financial difficulties…) as well as our windfalls…and…’ ‘Hi guys come on…we’re having a skateboard kite flying race…’ ‘No Mickey…that’s too dangerous…’ ‘Ben…?? What about my exhilaration vibrations…?’  

‘Hello Benjamin!’ ‘Freddie…!? You’re not supposed to be in this story…’ ‘Ben, thought I’ll just come quickly and tell you…’

          ‘Roaming with the Big Five…?’ ‘Yip…walking, swimming, fishing…Hippos, crocodiles…camp fires…’ Freddie…they’re not part of the Big Five…But, I said nothing and just smiled… ‘Oh Ben, I’m so excited… I dunno what I’ll do till next week Friday…’ ‘What about living…till next week Friday…?’ ‘Aaah Ben…you know what I mean…’

          I sat under my favourite tree and thought about some humans…always looking forward to a happier tomorrow… a better job in the future… to get home, away from work… to get to work, away from home… to get through the week and hope for a good weekend… to get to Monday and away from a lonely weekend…I closed my eyes…if only they’ll realize that there is never a time when your life is not this moment! And it’s only in this moment that you can make a different choice…

            ‘Ben…’ ‘Oh Freddie…still here…?’ ‘Yeah…I wondered…Would you like to come with us…?’ ‘Freddie…???’

‘Ohhh♫… what a wonderful morning♪♪….oh what a glorious day…♫…!!!’ ‘Sunshine… ♫♪…on my shoulders…♪♪♫…makes me happy…’ ‘Healthy…♫♪♪…Wealthy…♪…someone come and ♪♪…’ ‘Mickeyyy…?? What song is that…?’ ‘Ben…it’s the vibration I’m choosing to hold today…! I’m consciously choosing to hold…and therefore attract more…of the, hmmm… Health vibration…and then I thought I’ll just…for good measure… have the Wealth vibration too…’ ‘Mmm…I see…Are you perhaps off to the dentist today…?’ ‘Ben…? How’d you guess…?’ 

          ‘Ben…what about you…?’ ‘On this beautiful Friday…I’m consciously choosing the happiness vibration…! And Mick…Heart says… yes, yes, yes…!’ ‘Yeah well, easy for your heart…you’re not off to the dentist….’

‘Ben…Have you noticed something about the Olympics…’ ‘What…?! The Olympics…? Mick, you know I don’t really…’

         ‘Men crying…?’ ‘Yes…’ ‘You mean…’ ‘Yes Ben, heavy, muscled, huge, big men crying…’ ‘Mmm…’ ‘In fact Ben, now that I think about it…mmm…yes…so it was with the soccer world cup…the rugby world cup…mmm, interesting…very interesting…I wonder if their parents never told them that crying is for sissies…’

          ‘Mickey…it’s sad you know…’ ‘Ben…? I thought you’d like this idea of men expressing such emotion…’ ‘And I am Mickey…! It’s wonderful to hear…’   

        ‘So Ben…Your sadness then…?’ ‘My sadness…is to hear that parents still react with the words…stop crying…and be a man…be tough…only sissies cry…and no son of mine is a sissy…’ ‘Why Ben…? Maybe they just…’ ‘Mickey…belief me…without nurturing …boys grow up aggressive and angry…they struggle with family life…and between you and me…all this violence against their wives…their children…and others…Even all the molesters…in fact…’ ‘Mickeyyy…!! Where are you…come and watch the Ukrainians…!!’ ‘Hey…Mick…wait for me…!’   

‘Mickey….! Look at those fish…! How could they ever…? What…? Mickey, did you see that…?’ ‘Ben…that’s what salmon do…They attack rapids from the bottom up…!’ ‘But, so difficult…? And then those big brown bears…just waiting…?’ ‘Ben…? You of all dogs should know better…’

           ‘Mickey…? Me…? Of all dogs…?’ ‘Yes Ben, it’s about being true to your nature…your nature as a dog…your nature as a fish…your nature as a human… And just like the salmon…when you die…you sigh…you blow out your last breath…and with a smile and a last heart beat…you say…Mission…Accomplished…!’ ‘Ooohhh Mickey…passion, passion…!!’

            ‘Mickey…it’s about the sweet spot…isn’t it…? It’s about accepting your disappointments in others…it’s about accepting that others may not have the same intentions you have…it’s about accepting your responsibility to be in the right place at the right time, regardless of how many other humans want to derail you…It’s about that place that you agreed to be in…to deliver your gift to Earth…’ ‘Oooohhh Ben…passion, passion…!!’

            ‘Ben…who are the bears in your life…?’ ‘No Mickey, it’s not, who are the bears in my life…rather, am I a bear in someone else’s life…?’

‘Acquire evidence of your importance…?’ ‘Huh…? What’s that mean Ben…?’ ‘Mick, let’s acquire a muffin, acquire a shady tree and be with(out) our EGO’s…’

        ‘So Ben…this acquisition bizz’ness…’ ‘Mick…do you have a 4X4 Range Rover Sport…?’ ‘No…you know I don’t…!’ ‘Mick…do you live in a Golf Estate…? Or a Fly Fishing Estate…? Or an Eco Estate…?’ ‘Beeeennn…’ ‘Mickey…bear with me…just a yes or a no…that’s all that’s required…’ ‘Ok, do you acquire your friends because they’ll take you places…?’ ‘What…? Where to…?’ ‘Mick, do you always quote this book and that author and this verse from the Bible and that poem …to show off your capacity for storing someone else’s ideas…?’ ‘No…’ ‘Do you have two and a half children…?’ ‘How’s that possible…?’ ‘Mick…do you have another muffin…?’ ‘N…what?’

        ‘Ben…so what’s with all these questions that you perfectly well know all the answers to…?’ ‘It’s to prove that in some humans eyes…you’re not important… and they won’t acquire you as their friend…in a hurry…’ 

         ‘Ben…they miss the point completely…don’t you think…?’