On Being Merely Alive, Or Living Your Life!!!

Carolyn Cordon
3 min readNov 3, 2024

I’ve borrowed a book called ‘The Little Book Of Emotional Intelligence’ from a library I go to often, and even though I’ve just glanced at it, the words have already got me thinking big thoughts!

As a dog owner, of course a book that mentions both magic and dog poo in the third sentence of the first chapter is going to be a great book, right?! I know a lot about dog poo, having been a dog show exhibitor and breeder of pure bred dogs in my former life, I’ve picked up more dog poo than most people, that’s for sure!

The dog in the image is Missy, a Pharaoh Hound, from the last litter of that breed my husband and I bred. In the image, Missy is 14 years old, and close to here final days …

I have picked up (with a pooper scooper), much poo from Pharaoh Hounds, but much more of it from Standard Schnauzers, the breed of dog that got us started on the dog showing, then dog breeding journey. When you’ve had more than sixty Schnauzers, that’s a heap of poo, that’s for sure!

My husband and I are no longer dog exhibitors, or dog breeders, we are the proud owners of a retired Racing Greyhound. We live in Australia, where dog racing is allowed, while I believe the racing of Greyhounds isn’t allowed in the United States of America. I saw that on the Internet, so it may not be true …

Anyway, back to the book — The first page of this book, also mentioned the question of — What do you want from life? A deep and meaningful question for sure, and that is what has lead me to the…

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Carolyn Cordon
Carolyn Cordon

Written by Carolyn Cordon

Writer & Presenter — Poetry, prose, blogging, editor Mallala Crossroad Chronicle. Words are my tools, I use them well!

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