Dogs love trash cans. If you've ever walked a dog, you know they are going to investigate all nearby trash cans for odors as well as visitors.They easily recognize the belongings of loved ones and familiar places. They are uniquely qualified with two amazing senses: Smell and Heart.
Dogs interpret the world through smell. The human nose contains tiny structures called turbinates that capture scent. This area is approximately the size of a postage stamp. A dog's scent structure is the size of a piece of typing paper! Dogs also have a unique scent chamber called Jacobson's Organ. This unusual cavity allows dogs to process large molecule scents that seem odorless. Dog's are equal opportunity smellers; they love aromas foul and fair. They will sniff flowers and dead armadillos with equal relish.
The heart of a dog is defined by loyalty. On the surface, a dog heart is a four-chambered organ similar to the human one. Yet the dog heart is endlessly forgiving. You are late? Still glad to see you. You scared them by laughing loudly? All is forgiven. A dog trusts the unseen implicitly. This got me thinking, what if we trusted the unseen even a little bit more?
I doubt that I will become a super smeller, and there are smells that I am happy to miss.That leaves the heart. The ancient Greeks believed that the heart was the center of everything. Logical, since the pulse reacts to events and emotions around us.What if we relied on the invisible sense of things and trusted our intuition like canines do? What if we moved not from the ego, but from the heart? Love is the strongest power and yet it is invisible until we act. I want to learn to trust my heart. I want to become the person my dog thinks I am.
