One of my brother’s friends has three dogs. All three are about the same size, but they are very different in temperament and their approach to life. That is always evident when Bob, their owner, takes his dogs to Sonic for ice cream. All three are filled with anticipation and crowd into the Honda Element for their ice cream trip.
But, according to Bob, they are very different to their approach to eating the ice cream.
One of them savors it. There is no one who eats ice cream more slowly, nor with more obvious enjoyment.
Another eats his ice cream with an eye to potential predators. Ever fearful and plagued by a world view predicated on scarcity, he is constantly afraid that someone else will take his ice cream away from him.
The third dog consumes his ice cream in one or two gulps and then attempts to take more ice cream from the other two.
What kind of Sonic Dog are you?
Is the world a place of abundance to be enjoyed?
A place of scarcity to be navigated in fear?
A place to be plundered at the expense of others?
How we live in the world says a great deal about our spiritual state and you can learn a lot about yourself watching dogs eat ice cream at Sonic.
My two spoiled rotten Cavs have an interesting approach to life. They’re very competitive for affection and food, but they don’t take it away from each other. If it falls on the floor, then the devil take the hindmost, but they’re not aggressive toward each other. I’ve read that Cavs are so non-aggressive that they never completely work out the alpha issue. As long as they get enough to eat and plenty of love, they’re content. But then, I’ve never taken them to Sonic.