There is Hope - A Cowdogs Advice

Every week I come here, and for ages it seems, have told you about big blizzards, mountains of snow and a serious deep freeze.

But today there is hope! Finally yesterday the sub-zero hold loosened -what they now call a “polar vortex”, previously known as WINTER! The sun slowly climbed above the eastern hills, dragging the thermometer up from zero.

All the wild critters were happier, and I run through them to stir up a shared joy!

Now this desert dog loves the snow, I don’t mind going out in the cold for a little while. But by this time of year, we all are just hanging on, with heavily mittened paws.

And today, there is hope!

We must seek and find hope in all situations. Now I look for beauty in the snow-covered fields, interesting scents in the ice, a few patches of blue sky.

I inspected the turkeys and deer, and found strong healthy, fiesty critters.

I hoped the house would be warm when we came in from chores, and it always is. I hoped for a treat, a comfy couch, and I found it!

Around here, we take hope up a notch, by praying with assurance that God will intervene and help. Now that is hope on steroids for me!

God is not a giant vending machine in the sky, that instantly spits out that thing we want. Sometimes we wait, but our faith and the memory of answered prayers, keeps our hope going.

We hope for such simple things as better weather, and for help with frightening, hard, sad things of this life.

Hope is the calming salve that holds us steady, keeps us going, reminds us where the answers come from.

When it hurts, it is a liniment for a sore soul.

As a cowdog who suffers permanently from joy de’vivre, it is easy to remain happy and hopeful.

I hope that today, on National Love Your Pet Day, I get a steak for dinner and extra play and petting!

And this week, I hope we celebrate National Muffin Day, Cherry Pie Day, and Chocolate Mint Day! I know I won’t get chocolate, but I hope I get a fresh real bone!