This is Sheriff Peanut Butter Brickle. If you are like our persons, you spend many hours looking for answers that never seem to come. Like when you ponder the meaning of life, or why I am so handsome.
Or maybe you think about what the answer is to happiness, or possibly what you should eat for dinner, which in fact may be the same answer. But for Girl Person yesterday, she decided that since the answer to where we should go from here is not coming to her, she should ask a donkey and his friends. And I see no reason to argue with that logic, because it may not be logical. But at this point, what do we have to lose?
If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it
Chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee
Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah
What a neat achievement that would be.
Questions may be easy to ask. But finding the answers may not be so easy. Why? Persons sometimes have their own agenda, and possibly they think that they know what is best, and don’t want to hear other answers because they really have already decided. I have never understood this. Why do persons make things so difficult? Because sometimes, there are in fact are no wrong answers. Whatever path is chosen, we always seem to make it work. Don’t we?
For Girl Person, the path she chose yesterday was straight to a donkey at camp. And the sheep. And the goats. And a rabbit. You heard me. Because since no person has any answers, she thought maybe a donkey would. Or a sheep. Or a goat. Or a rabbit. Taking to the animals at this point is obviously the only thing left to do. And maybe that is where we should have started.
If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages
Maybe take an animal degree.
We’d study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle,
Alligator, guinea pig, and flea.
First, we decided to ask the rabbit where he thought we should go this week, and where we could find a house. The rabbit said that he thought wherever carrots grew best would be the better option. He said that carrots are sweet and the sweet life is always the good life.
So that wasn’t much help. I hate carrots, and I don’t have a green thumb. I actually don’t have a thumb at all. So we decided to ask the sheep. The sheep told us that we should have already made the decision on where to move to about a month ago. They sheepishly reminded us of the fact that we were taking too long. They told us we should get on the road and head back to greener pastures. But they were judging us the whole time they were talking to us, and moved along without saying where that greener pasture was.
So once again, not much help. So far, carrots in greener pastures. This was getting us about as far as Deputy Digby’s eyes from a plate of pancakes. Not very far at all. So then, we decided to go and talk to the goats. Goats. With their crazy eyes, I wasn’t expecting much of an answer, or a conversation. The goats told us that because of their four stomachs, food was very important to them. They told us that they eat just about anything, but that we should go where we can eat the best food and the most food. They also told us that climbing our way to happiness was the best way to go about it. They said that the view from the top is always the best. And when you are in the depths of despair, that is as low as you could go, and you aren’t helping anyone. They had much more to say, but their eyes were freaking me out.
So that was that. And these animals were all just stating the obvious. So it was time to go talk to a donkey. I don’t know why and I don’t even have anything clever to explain why because who needs to be clever when you are going to talk to a donkey?
If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages
Think of all the things we could discuss
If we could walk with the animals, talk with the animals,
Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals,
And they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to us.
Some don’t know that donkeys are pretty smart. And I have always heard that a donkey can’t tell a lie. Actually, I have never heard that, but I would assume that. Why? Because they listen with their hearts. As Girl Person talked to the donkey, the donkey leaned in to the fence between them. He told her to come closer, that he had always been there.
He told her that if she believed that a donkey could give her the answer to the most important decision she felt that she had ever faced…that she could believe in herself too. He told her what she already knew. That it may not be possible to stay here in this California place. He told her that he wishes he could fly, but he could not. And that sometimes, we don’t have a choice. As I suspected, the donkey could not lie. He didn’t sugarcoat our situation, because truth be told, if we could have stayed we would have. But it is not looking good. We could wait here till the cows come home and still not find a house to buy we can afford.
So tomorrow may be the day we go explore other options. You see, as much as we want to stay, we did get to come here for a little while. And if we can’t afford to live here? We can’t change that. We have to find our happiness somewhere else. And that is just the way it is. A donkey always tells it like it is. Because that is what donkeys do. And even if persons want to tell us we will find something here, we tried. But we can’t park here forever. We need our own little home, and our own little yard. So we have to come up with a plan. Tomorrow’s agenda? Getting the donkey to help us with that. Because he seems to have all the answers. Who knew? I guess the donkey did all along. We all have a donkey somewhere in our lives. We just have to come closer. And listen. They are there.
-Sheriff Peanut Butter Brickle
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Why oh why is this making me cry?!! I mean like, seriously cry!! This one really touched me. Wow. Okay, get it together, Jackie. First of all, again, the pictures and Instagram thingys (I’m sorry, I really keep meaning to do Instagram, my family is on me as well, I just haven’t so I don’t know what those videos are called!) BUT! again, stellar!!! Beautiful, and that judgemental sheep killed me!! 😀 And Louis Armstrong and all of those animals, and seriously, I truly believe that each of these animals spoke to Girl Person with these pearls and gems. Really, each one touched my heart. And forget about it, the Donkeys!!! My heart!!! <3 First of all, so beautiful and I love what they said!! Oh my God, I'm losing my mind, but you know what I mean!! I really felt each of those messages from each animal! (Girl Person, again, you know what I'm saying to you!!! ) I'm so sorry that it's time to go, I will try to stop these tears until I read tomorrows blog and find out what's really going on, but I truly, truly love this with all of my heart. I hope you all rest your minds and your tummies tonight, and move forward in peace. I'm going to re-read this blog a few more times because it really gave me the feels. Much love and strength sent to you all tonight and always. I love you all. xoxoxoxo <3 <3 <3 <3
Donkeys are VERY wise, Sheriff, like you. But, the donkeys we’re just telling the Person’s what they know in their heart already. Happiness, HOME, is where you are ALL TOGETHER. Zip Codes don’t matter,, that isn’t what makes it ‘home’….it’s the fact you are all under one roof, in one yard, at YOUR dog park, at YOUR beach, in the SUNSHINEY of YOUR neighborhood!! Wherever you end up, find peace, make peanut butter cookies, Persons enjoy good wine, Digby….eat more pancakes…not bird heads & feathers….BREATHE, REFLECT on your amazing journey & accomplishments….you all SO deserve it, Gorgeous Boy!!! And, I agree…..goats eyes are BEYOND freaky… Yikes!!