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The first lesson learned from a Chihuahua was that I must please God at all cost. I had no idea there would be a second lesson. This time the Chihuahua was not talking by barking. The master has two areas they allow him to freely roam, and the other areas are off limits. Gates are installed in each area. But like we often say, "Boys will be boys". Well, it's also true that 'dogs will be dogs'. In other words, they will break rules whenever they can. On the same day of my first lesson, there was yet another lesson from the Chihuahua. I observed him attempting to leap over the gate in his master's bedroom. He leaped once and then twice before he sat for a while and began to analyze the gate, its size and height. He was focusing on the relativity of his leaping ability to the dimensions of the gate. He leaped again, but failed. The Chihuahua soon learned that his master was smarter than he and decided to stay put. Yet again, God spoke to me through a Chihuahua by way of his leaping legs. The message was crystal clear. Just like the Chihuahua keeps trying to leap over the gate and fails, but keeps trying. Just like the Chihuahua who pauses, ceases, analyzes, scans the dimensions, gathers data; and once again, takes a giant leap and fails, but keeps trying. In like manner, I must keep listening, looking, focusing. I must not worry about winning and losing, about success or failure. I must trust, and when I sense that the timing is right, take the giant leap, even if the conventional wisdom and data say that I will never clear that gate. How do you like that? There I was engaged in the business of cleaning a client's home who had a Chihuahua who speaks to humans by barking and leaping. Who would have thunk it? What will God think of next? Written030708;PosttoPS091422
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