What if we Fought Obstacles instead of Each Other?

We had to let our newly just-about-adopted German Shepherd, Roco, go to another home. He was more than we could handle. Our female dogs are in mourning. Susan went to comfort them. "Poor things," she said. "You were sad when he came and now you're sad when he's gone. You can't live with him and you can't live without him."

Sometimes, if we imagine life without a person with whom we are having a hard time, it gives us a bit more grace to live life with them. Our perspective changes and we realize how much they mean to us.

A friend shared something with me years ago. She and her brother-in-law did not get along. She said, "But, I am sure, that if we were in a concentration camp, and caught a glimpse of each other's faces, we would crawl between people's legs just to get to one another."

Perhaps we are in an enemy's camp when we are at odds with each other. I wonder what would happen, if instead of keeping our distance, we would 'crawl between people's legs' just to get to one another. What if we fought obstacles instead of each other? What if we used our energy to stay together rather to stay apart? What if we worked together to build good walls to keep out the enemy rather than building walls to keep each other away?

I am thinking about these things.
I am thinking about being proud and being right.
I am thinking about being humble and not needing to win.
I am thinking about these things.