Chief Joseph Newsletter
Conversations with Chief Joseph & John Cali
ISSN:
1539-431X
April 8, 2008
Dead Dogs and Life's Other Challenges
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John Cali
This past week on my way home from the post
office I saw a dead dog by the side of the road. The dog was a big,
beautiful creature with thick auburn fur. I sent a silent prayer of
love to the dog’s spirit.
Several days later I passed the same spot. The dog was still
there. Another day or two later the dog was in almost the same spot,
but on the front lawn of someone’s house. I wondered why no one
cared enough to do anything. I guess I should have stopped and asked
around the first day I saw the dog. But I didn’t.
So I called the local police department. The officer answering
the phone immediately put me on hold. From the sound of his voice,
he was obviously super-busy and stressed out. I was sure he had
other more important matters than a dead dog on his mind.
When the officer came back on the line, I told him about the dog
and its exact location. He obviously wasn’t listening. The first
thing he asked, rather impatiently, was why I was calling. So I told
him again. "Where is the dog?" he asked. So I told him
that again too. He responded with a brusque "Thank you"
and hung up.
At first I was really pissed off. I was trying to do a good deed
while this guy was being short-tempered and rude with me.
But after I cooled off I realized I’d been unfairly judging the
officer. I had no way of knowing what was going on in his work or
personal world. Yet instead of just allowing him to be, I got angry
too. I took it personally, even though his reaction had nothing to
do with me, and everything to do with himself.
I’d failed in what I always strive to do in such situations
with others -- just seeing them as I imagine God and their higher
selves see them, with love. I knew the Universe had given me a
valuable reminder that love and allowing are all that matter.
We often get so caught up in the "nitty gritty" of our
daily lives, we forget who we are and why we’re here.
Love truly is what makes the world go ‘round. Chief Joseph once
defined love as the choice to see the divinity in all beings.
I failed to do that with the police officer. I don’t think I’ll
easily fail there again, no matter what the circumstances. It was a
powerful reminder, not easily forgotten.
As Chief Joseph says often, life is good and none of it is
serious. All is well.
Chief Joseph talks about related subjects here:
Action
Versus Allowing
Letting
Go
How
Do You Let Go?
The
Law of Allowance
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Since 1992, John Cali has been communicating with a
non-physical
entity called Joseph. In one of his many physical lifetimes, this
spirit
was incarnated as the legendary Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe
in
what is now the state of Oregon in the northwestern USA. These
messages are a
blend of information from Joseph, other spirits in the
"Joseph group,"
and John.
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Copyright © 2008 by John Cali. All rights reserved.
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