"When you know for yourselves -- these things are moral, these things are blameless, these things are praised by the wise, these things, when performed and undertaken, conduce to well-being and happiness -- then do you live acting accordingly."
These inspiring words of the Buddha still retain their original force and freshness.
****This mail came to me from my husband who Love Dogs.
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This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002.
He was born with 2 legs -
He of course could not walk when he was born.
He of course could not walk when he was born.
Even his mother did not want him.
His first owner also did not think that he could survive
and he was thinking of 'putting him to
sleep'.
But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow,
met him and wanted to take care of him.
She became determined to teach
She became determined to teach
and train this little dog to walk by himself.
She named him 'Faith'.
She named him 'Faith'.
to let him feel the movement. Later she used
peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward
for him for standing up and jumping around.
Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk.
Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle,
Faith learned to balance on his hind legs
Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk.
Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle,
Faith learned to balance on his hind legs
and to jump to move forward.
After further training in the snow,
After further training in the snow,
he could now walk like a human being.
Faith loves to walk around now.
No matter where he goes, he attracts people to him. He is fast becoming famous on the international scene
No matter where he goes, he attracts people to him. He is fast becoming famous on the international scene
and has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows. There is now a book entitled 'With a Little Faith'
being published about him.
He was even considered to appear
He was even considered to appear
in one of Harry Potter movies.
His present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up
her teaching post and plans to take him around the
world to preach that even without a perfect body,
one can have a perfect soul'.
In life there are always undesirable things,
so in order to feel better you just need to look at life
from another direction.
I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of
I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of
thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate
and be thankful for each beautiful day.
Faith is the continual demonstration
Faith is the continual demonstration
of the strength and wonder of life.
A small request:
A small request:
All you are asked to do is keep this story circulating.
