i am not an open person; i hold a lot inside. perhaps that is the reason that people take what i do say as if i mean it from the core of my being and that no one else should think otherwise - which is not the case. When i state that i do not shop at walmart, it does not mean that i will hate you for doing so. I have my reasons, and there you have it. Do what you will with that information.

But that is actually not what i want to talk about. Last night, while walking Dogie, i ran into a woman from texas and we ended up walking our dogs together. She is an open person. I know people’s dogs in our neighborhood, she knows the people. She laughs at how people do not know their neighbors in Dallas, where she is from, and i stand amazed at how well she knows the people in ours. “Do you know his story? How he lost his wife and then his dog a couple years ago? Then he got Roxy. He is so nice.” … And, “She is a construction worker, very unusual. Very nice” … And, “My neighbor calls me if my car hasn’t moved in a while, to see if i am ill or need anything”. I love people like that, the simple openness which is just about our shared attribute of humanity. It was a walk that inspired me and uplifted me … and made me want to be a little more human.

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