I & Dog
Here is a sampling of the wisdom found inside this amazing book:"For many of us, love for creation deepens through the relationships we form with our pets, particularly our dogs.  By their very nature and need, dogs draw us out of ourselves: they root us in nature, making us more conscious of the mystery of God inherent in all things.""Dogs mirror us back to ourselves in unmistakable ways that, if we are open, foster true understanding and change.  Dogs are guileless and filled with spontaneity: unlike people, they don’t deceive.  When we take seriously the words they speak to us about ourselves, we stand face to face with the truth of the matter.  We must learn to reflect on these words—they are inscribed on their bodies, in their expressions, in the way they approach and interact with us.""Though it is entirely natural for us to project human motives onto dogs, ultimately this is unfair: it puts expectations on dogs that disregard their reality.  Dogs wander in their own universe and resist being judged according to human standards.  We do justice to a relationship with a dog when we honor it as it is—a dog, a creature who, for all we may understand about it, is still fraught with mystery.""The biggest problem with dogs is that they don’t live long enough.  They always seem to leave us when we’re most vulnerable, most in need of their biased, affirming presence.  Dogs make us believe we can actually be as they see us, and it’s often only when they’re gone that we realize their role in what we’ve become."With its tender message and delightful photographs, I & DOG promises to reach beyond the page and touch the hearts of dog lovers everywhere