A treat for the way you treat others

Animals make an important part of our lives. Wherever we go there are animals around us. Sometimes I wish I were a cow. But a cow living in India and not some place where I would be eaten up. My dream is to shit in the middle of the road while cars and bikes still show me respect as they pass along. Then I would eat and do nothing all day. I don’t even have to respect anyone.

My schedule would look like:

Rest

Rest

Lunch

Shit in the middle of the road

Be respected and loved by people

Cross roads in any random direction

Rest

Dinner

Rest

Rest

My current schedule as a human looks like:

Rest

Give respect

Fake respect

Lunch

Get shitted on by people

Cross roads as directed by society

Rest

Dinner

Feel sorry for myself

Rest

But people love animals quite a lot in this country. Mainly dogs. I love dogs. I have a dog. Dogs are the best.

I think people own dogs just because it gives them a chance, a chance to give someone a name which not Indian. Every dog is a Max, Roxy, Angel and so on. I’m still waiting for the day to walk on the streets and pass by an amazing tall handsome Great Dane named Santosh!

My dog’s name is Caesar. And he is the dog in the picture. My family adopted him when was 6 weeks old when he was sick, hungry and about to die. So while this might not be a joke, I would request and plead people who are thinking of getting a dog to adopt one instead. I ask you to resist the temptation to buy one. I completely understand the temptation. I recently had a chance to get a St. Bernard. I didn’t get one due to multiple factors (heat issues, maintenance and parents) but when I thought more about it, I was merely fascinated by the idea because it would mean one step closer to owning a lion.

There is a lot to learn from dogs. People do not love people unconditionally. Animals do. When we love someone we always expect a return. There is absolutely no way you unconditionally love a person who tells you to fuck off just for fun. Your wife other tells you to fuck off and do the dishes and you say, “You’re just so beautiful”. 

It often happens that you go close to your dog for a hug and he just runs away from you. Your dog is sleeping on the floor, and you go lie down next to him and he just gets up and sits on the other side of the room? It sucks right? But you still love him, because you don’t have unrealistic expectations. But imagine you coming home, after work or school or doing nothing, like I do, and going to hug your girlfriend or wife, and she just runs away from you and sits on the other side of the table. At that moment will you be thinking how beautiful she is? You won’t be thinking if something has happened to upset her? You’re just standing pissed while your dog is going close to her to comfort her.

There is so much to learn from animals.

Feed one. Adopt one. Save one.