I have been lazy over this long weekend. Saturday was quiet, Sunday was quieter and Monday, a weired public holiday for ACT people namely ACT Union Picnic Day nearly knocked me out, not by exhaustion but by boredom. Now I am thinking what if I have a dog! A dog needs me to look after, a dog can make noise in the early morning and a dog can drag me to the street to make me walk or run! I would appreciate that and I would be happy to be hooked at the other end of the leash and let him or her control the pace.

It’s not a bad idea but it just comes down to many many things that need to be straighted out, if I do consider it like any serious issue not a temporary idea coming to my mind. What if I get a bad dog who is naughty and has an untamed temper; what if I have to see the dog die considering their average life-span normally is no more than 6-7 years. Even if seeing a dog getting sick, is still a sad thing to take and enough to make people down to the hell. What if s/he gets lost and I can not find him or her anyway? and what if……. It’s just too hard to live in a “what if” world and assume all the possibilities would happen on me, which makes the decision always hard.

A dog can walk me is also a dog I can handle, mentally and physically. I saw lots of people having their dogs and having their fun but I don’t know how much they have given away. Looking after an animal is just like looking after a person, when you choose to do that, you get the part from them and you let a part of yourself go. The world is fair, so I sort of understand why I don’t have a dog with me and walk me, because I am not ready to give up my self-centred consciousness and that, even a dog can feel.