Tuesday
May172005
Put the puppy back on the paper
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 11:40AM From 43 Folders:, a quote from Bird by Bird:
Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper. So I keep trying gently to bring my mind back to what is really there to be seen, maybe to be seen and noted with a kind of reverence.
I've seen a fair bit of drop-kicking lately - people doing it to themselves and others. It really doesn't accomplish as much as we think. I love this quote.
Reader Comments (2)
Anne Lamott is one of my favourite writers ever. I'm reading "Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith" at the moment. Great stuff.
Yeah but if you have a pitbull instead of a puppy a little spank on the nose won't cut it when his teeth are clamped onto a child; it's time for a new dog.