My dog had an accident and I'm happy about it.
Yes, you read that correctly. My dog Gunnar had an accident this morning and I'm quite happy about it. He had an upset stomach and around 05:30 this morning he went to the bathroom in his own bed. When I figured out what was going on I also realised that he had eaten parts of the mess.
Lovely right?
We all know that dogs eat nasty stuff but
this is a special case. Gunnar, the dog we adopted 4 months ago comes from an abusive home and very often these dogs try to hide the "evidence" after having accidents at home so nobody can punish them for it. Sad, but true.
Anyway, why on earth am I happy about this?
Well, I'm not really happy that he felt bad and had a terrible morning, I feel bad for not waking up and taking him out when he needed to.
Let me digress; I've been working as a communication/motivation/inspiration coach for years and one of the things that I always say is:
"Don't let the unaffectable affect you"
This is something I really try to live by and this morning it was put to the test. After cleaning up the mess and going for walk with Gunnar I started to transition from zombie to human again and I started to enjoy the fact that I involuntarily restarted my "waking up early to study"-routine and a short moment thereafter I was lying on the couch watching some dog training stuff I never have time for, coffee in my hands and our two dogs resting by my side. The awful interruption of my well deserved beauty sleep had now turned into a cozy, productive and quite inspiring moment.
With that said, I hope I've given you an idea of how to think alternatively about challenges wherever you might find them and that you look for things to be thankful for instead of the opposite!
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