Happily, I’ve had many awesome teachers in my life. Some of them weren’t human.
My cat initially hired me to get her out of a tree when her former staff moved house, leaving her behind. She stayed for another 24 years (that is not a typo).
She and my Bichon Frise, Lucy, who’s only been in my life for seven years at this point, have been two of my very best teachers.
I think cats teach attitude (in a BIG way) and determination. And dogs teach love, self-acceptance, relaxation and also determination.
So here we go with Lessons from Lucy …
1: It’s never too soon to begin mirror work
Mirror work is one of the simplest, cheapest, and most powerful things you can ever do for yourself and for your potential to be in a loving relationship even/especially if that’s with yourself.
If you aren’t familiar with the concept, there’s a short video below from Louise Hay explaining it.
The introduction ends at 55 seconds.
However, if you are not yet in the lifemate relationship that you want then I would encourage you to watch the whole thing because leading author David Kessler makes some very important points at the beginning about how you can dramatically improve your potential for all loving relationships using Mirror Work.
The Incomparable Louise Hay ❤️
2: Stand up for what you believe in
It doesn’t initially matter what you believe in – what does matter is that you practise standing up for yourself.
Or, as a close friend of mine often says:
“Stand for something or you will fall for anything”
Ask yourself, “What do I believe I deserve right now?”
Then consider how would you like to see that change over time?
3: Exercise is your friend
- Move your body
- Go outside – and breathe
- Roll
- Romp playfully
- Exhaust Yourself – then you will never have a sleeping problem
4: Don’t stop ’til you get enough
Lucy is the mistress of persistence. She should run workshops on the many strategies she employs. None of them include giving up—until she has what she wants.
4. Persistence always pays
4a: Persistence really does always pay — if at first you don’t succeed, move to a different spot and try again. Peer hard at the humans until the light dawns about what you want.
If that fails, just move to yet another spot and dance, tilt your head, laugh, pant or BEG until you get what you wanted.
Humans could call this the ‘strike from another direction’ strategy.
4b. Be persistent UNTIL you get what you want. There is no known limit to persistence!
4c Persistence pays. Crying and whining won’t help but finding a new strategy or trying a different person might.
If mum says no … moving to dad can easily translate to if your boss says no, try another department 😂
4d Persistence will always pay – A small indoor bark can help people notice you want something. Humans might call this not being afraid to speak out.
Stand up for what you believe in. Your right to eat ice cream is a given. Be persistent and before you know where you are—you will be eating that ice cream.
(Or whatever your goal is)
To Be Continued
I hate it when I get what I think is less than halfway through a blog post and realise that if I use all the material I want to, this will be three times the length and waaay past TL:DR.
So I’m going to think about whether to extend this one or to do a part two
To be continued, probably … at some point.