A dog has no
use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes. Status
symbol means nothing to him. A waterlogged stick will do just
fine. A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class
but by who they are inside. A dog doesn’t care if you are
rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him
your heart and he will give you his. It was really quite simple,
and yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated, have
always had trouble figuring out what really counts and what does
not. As I wrote that farewell column to Marley, I realized it was
all right there in front of us, if only we opened our eyes.
Sometimes it took a dog with bad breath, worse manners, and pure
intentions to help us see.
∼MARLEY & ME