Old dogs, despite conventional wisdom, can learn new tricks, they just don’t want to. (I suspect humans are not much different.) Mature dogs want to guard their alpha dog position and take care of their family. (I’d say honorable male humans are similar.) Teen dogs think about food and sex. Not necessarily in that order. (I suspect human teens are pretty much the same.) Puppies are special.
Puppies have baby vision. They are entranced with…everything. The littlest bug, a fluttering butterfly, a leaf lifted by the wind that skips away in front of them. – Fun to chase. Their first site of or first touch of snow is hilarious. Their eyes get big with wonder as they take it all in. A puppy’s first walk outside in the grass is a never-to-be-forgotten moment. They gingerly lift their puppy feet higher off the ground when they walk as if touching the funny surface is paramount to safely exploring it. Watch the little Saber puppies in the video and you’ll see what I mean.
Turns out human babies are not much different. Jet, my foster mom, says years ago she was picking up toys in a room while babysitting an infant who was safely lying in a crib. She looked up to the crib to check the infant to make sure she was asleep only to witness the baby discovering her feet for the first time. Jet said she froze in place (not sure why you have to be cold to watch such a thing) and stared at the baby who realized, for the first time in its life, that – eureka, there were appendages at the end of its own chubby body. Jet said the look on the baby’s face mirrored that of a scientist that realized they had just found the cure for some disease or a miner who just found a giant chunk of gold. The baby lifted its feet and Jet said it was mesmerized with its own toes, holding them, tasting them (yuck) as seeing them for the first time was the most amazing event – ever.
This is what we (the dog kind) call puppy vision and Jet calls baby vision. It’s having a sense of adventurous amazement at the discovery of the life around you; it’s feeling grand pleasure in the simplest moments or smallest events. Jet says that this is also a great example of why some humans are business types and some are entrepreneurs that make great business owners. She said successful entrepreneurs never lose their baby vision.
So, here’s my lesson of the day… True vision to do anything is something we’re all born with and it fuels innovation, progression, and success. To truly experience all that life has to offer and fulfill all our potential, we need to hold on to our baby vision.
Hey Spencer:
Had to laugh at your comments about cats. (No offense cat lovers.) Like you, I’m a dog and fail to understand the amusements and antics of feline types. However, I do find them entertaining. If you don’t believe me, watch the ENTIRE video below. Cats are weird but hilarious!
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