If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. - Mary Oliver

Be prepared. A dog is adorable and noble.
A dog is a true and loving friend. A dog
is also a hedonist.

That God had a plan, I do not doubt.

But what if His plan was, that we would do better?

And we might, in our lives, have many thresholds, many houses to walk out from and view the stars, or to turn and go back to for warmth and company. But the real one — the actual house not of beams and nails but of existence itself — is all of earth, with no door, no address separate from oceans or stars, or from pleasure or wretchedness either, or hope, or weakness, or greed.