day 12

Day 12: Speaking of dogs, I have a gorgeous 70 lb. black lab mix named Ruby. She was a rescue and I love her more than anything. She is a handful though. Today I turned on the timer and started to breathe. In and out. Om sa. Suddenly Ruby starts to bark like only a 70 lb. dog can. I told myself that it didn’t matter what was going on outside of me. I am calm and breathing. She kept barking. Now she came into my room and onto the bed where I was “peacefully” sitting with my eyes closed. Still barking. I started breathing deeper. Still barking. Finally I reached out and grabbed her, with my eyes closed as if I was still meditating. I started saying om sa out loud like I knew it would calm her. It didn’t. Sigh