Dog Day

      The other day, I was at my dad's house. He lives across the street from a Humane Society, on a dead end road. Meaning there is little to no traffic on it and that it's relatively deserted. So imagine having to leave your beloved pet behind because you were moving, or you just couldn't afford them anymore, and you go to the Humane Society only to find out you have to pay to give them away. That dead end road starts to look pretty appealing, right? Just drop them off, they're not your problem anymore, someone else will take care of it...?
      I don't even know how many animals I've found down that road. I honestly don't understand what's going on in a person's head when they just abandon an animal like that. But, back to my original thought.
      Me and my sister found a dog last week. Undoubtedly, someone dropped him off because they didn't want to pay the twenty-five dollars to take him to the shelter. This dog, couldn't have been more than twenty pounds, was so cold and shaking so furiously, that when we opened the car doors, he jumped right in. Remember this is Michigan, where it's still twenty degrees in mid March. We ended up taking him to the Humane Society ourselves, and it turned out they had been trying to catch him for a while, so they didn't even charge us anything.
      How cruel of a person would you have to be to do that. Maybe you should skip those cigarettes for a couple of days to get the money to take your pet to a shelter. Or maybe you could car pool, or not go out to dinner or just not be so idiotic. If we hadn't found that little dog, there's no doubt in my mind he would have frozen to death, if he didn't starve first. At least we saved one of the many animals who have passed through our yard. At least I can hope that he'll find a nice home with a family who will love him, and that he'll be happy and warm for the rest of his little life. Honestly though, people really need to think about the consequences of their actions, because I know if I abandoned an animal, I would have to live with the guilt and nightmares of it for the rest of my life, when I bet the people who did this, didn't even think twice about it~    

Words

      There is nothing more plainly simple than words. Just plain ol' dots and lines and dashes. I get that language is complex and understanding is something entirely different, but from what I know, the best way to come together and develop thoughts and make something of them, is by writing them down. Or typing. Whatever I'm not trying to split hairs. The point is, wouldn't things be simpler if people just wrote down what their problems or ideas were, and others came to help them try to solve them? When it comes down to it, most conflicts start with a misunderstanding or something incomprehensible, so there should really be no place better to start than at square one; words. Words connect us all, even if we don't speak the same language. That's what translation is for. If the world is going to go to pieces, either at our hands or mother nature's, it's a relatively humbling thought that with out language, we wouldn't even understand that something life changing was happening at all. I know life can be cruel and things can go wrong and you may not end up happy, but that's why it's important to write it down, because it's what separates us from wild animals, and this way we don't forget anything and hopefully we learn something and grow. There's really no point in moving forward if you make the same mistakes over and over, so this is where I'm going to write everything down so I don't forget the past, and this way, I can just save it for later. I'm going to share my days, dreams, and daydreams with you, and you can help me solve them, laugh at them, or whatever floats your boat, as long as you use your words~