Elias Weiss Friedman

Is she from a certain part of the country?

Yeah.

She crawled into your heart and wouldn't leave you.

That's how it went.

It's a fun phase.

I rescued my dog Elsa when she was basically an adult or about one years old.

So I didn't get to do the puppy phase with Elsa and part of me wishes I could have, but also I know puppies are a lot of work.

I think dogs have an innate positivity about them.

And I spoke with someone recently who has, he takes care of a dog who whose hind legs don't work and has wheels to get around.

And she said that dogs don't have this thought that we do of what if I fail?

Dogs, they just look towards the future.

They live in the present moment.

They don't dwell on the past and what their shortcomings are.

And they just say like, how do I do this?

Let's do this.

Even if it's just getting a treat from across the room, they're not thinking, oh, woe is me.

If only I were X, Y, Z, if only I were different, they just

Focus on the now.

And so I think through that virtue and being around dogs, they live as this light, as you're saying, this source of motivation, of encouragement.

Dogs aren't judgmental of themselves.