A Story of Continuing Love Between A Canine Angel and a Man

A few years ago a friend of mine, Larry Pech had a canine friend named Chief who was as close a friend as a man and animal can be.  When Chief became sick with canine leukemia and had to be put down, Larry was just devastated with grief, and me with him.

Some time later when Larry’s sorrow had subsided somewhat, I had a message from the other side suggesting that Larry visit a kennel of his choice.  I told Larry that if Chief had re-incarnated, when a certain puppy heard Larry’s voice, there would be an instant connection between them.  Larry acted on my suggestion and when he walked into the kennel and spoke one of the puppies, with his eyes not yet opened, could not get to the side of the box where Larry was standing fast enough, pawing at the box, trying to get to Larry, and a  new friendship was born or shall we say renewed.  Dietrich fast replaced the love Larry had for Chief.  Larry told me that Detrich was born the evening that Chief had been put to sleep.

The following is what Larry has written about Dietrich:

MY GREATEST SPIRITUAL TEACHER, MY DOG DIETRICH

My greatest spiritual lessons came to me in the one place I least expected,

Wrapped in one incredibly beautiful ball of fur.  He came from you!

MY DEAREST COMPANION AND LOVING DOG DIETRICH.

He taught me TO FEEL my way through life, to keep my senses open and

to sniff out each person, place and thing and if it doesn’t smell

right, to just leave it alone.

What is my role in the great awakening? What do I have to give humanity that is uniquely me? How can I make a difference in my own circle of friends? What is my divine gift?

These are questions that have been following me for as long as I can remember (or maybe I've been following them)... Being a student of metaphysics and all things spiritual for well over 20 years now I've read a library of books on seriously diverse new age topic, I've taken courses, I've gone on retreats, I've meditated, I've seen tarot readers and mediums, listened to online audio, watched video's and you tube and yet I struggle to find that 'thing' that gives me my "Eureka" moment.. and it seems the harder I look the further away my goal becomes.

I hear people talking of 'just knowing' that this is what they were meant to do and I find myself, not jealous as such but certainly wistfully contemplating the day when my light bulb will go on and suddenly my life will make sense...

This morning I went to a book launch, it was for a gentleman who was single minded in his vision to create the first master planned community. It was an amazing story of overcoming adversity, of staying focused on his goal and not allowing the detractors to sway him from his purpose. As I listened to him I thought I'm sitting in a room with 100+ other people and we are looking 'outside' ourselves for the answers... How did he do it? What was the moment for him? Then it hit me, he (the speaker) can't help me be great, only I can do that.

Only I can decide that I will not get lost in my own head and allow that nagging voice that tells me 'you haven't found your niche yet' to drown out my ongoing journey. Only I can decide whether or not to pick up that new interest or delve deeper into an already explored subject.. No-one else