So the other day M and I were joking about how Lexie (the Beagle) and Kiki (the Lhasa Apso) actually epitomize the philosophic traditions of their places of origin (Britain and Tibet respectively). So while Lexie is quite an aggressive little girl, who barks her head off when she wants something, Kiki knows how to let go. It's almost as if all her ancestors guarding the Tibetan monasteries had imbibed the zen-like patience and calm of the Dalai Lama and it has genetically passed on to this particular Lhasa too!
I have had moments of pure bliss, watching Kiki being fascinated by a curtain blowing in the wind.Or she gazing into nothingness, looking anything but bored. Lexie on the other hand is a girl of action! She needs to be jumping or running or biting something to feel she is doing something in life.If there's nothing to do, she'll sleep. But the peace that Kiki knows in just being, ever since she was a pup that too, is something I doubt Lexie is capable of!
I have had moments of pure bliss, watching Kiki being fascinated by a curtain blowing in the wind.Or she gazing into nothingness, looking anything but bored. Lexie on the other hand is a girl of action! She needs to be jumping or running or biting something to feel she is doing something in life.If there's nothing to do, she'll sleep. But the peace that Kiki knows in just being, ever since she was a pup that too, is something I doubt Lexie is capable of!
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