I love my dog.
I love her warm, wet tongue on my face in the mornings - my wake-up call.
I love cuddling her. I love the way she smells of human soap, perfumed shampoo and doggy smell all combined together forming something so lovable that I sometimes wish I could hold the fragrance in my hands.
There are times when I have told my Ginju `Oh how nice it would be if only you could talk.' and She would wag her tail, shake her head, give some doggy barks as if in agreement.
There is a beautiful connection between humans and animals. It is very easy to understand and accept this connection if the animals belong to lovable breeds like say dogs, cats and other common pets.
Your heart also melts when you see big lions and tigers go putty in the hands of humans.
But there is always a `ugh-yucky' element when it comes to reptiles. I don't know why? But it is there.
You see someone holding a snake or a lizard and you shudder a bit and you think, "Gosh, how could they do it?"
That's what happened to me when a colleague made a connection with this beautiful lizard. And believe me I love and respect all animals. Even I couldn't bring myself to hold the lizard in my palm.
It also made me think: there is nothing different between showering love upon a dog or a lizard. The feeling is the same, just the recipients of that feeling are different.
It also holds true in all other situations in life. I guess that's what they mean, Walk a mile in his shoes and then you will know.
You will know he is the same as you - in more ways than one.
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