A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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Uppercrust wrote:
Nice letter in the Highways magazine Richard. It is truly amazing what one dog did in his short life with you.
When I look back at the pictures of Old Fella from the beginning to the end and see the transformation that took place I am reminded that inside of him was this gentle loving old dog that got passed over for five years by the campers that visited the campground. What a blessing he was to all of us because he taught us some valuable lessons about life. Never give up and never give in, always live with the hope that with the dawning if a new day, there is always hope.
Old Fella lived with the hope that someday his turn would come for a better life and with it he would also give joy to those who helped save him. What I did was nothing great, the greatness came from Fella's example of what life is all about. Love is always a better way to deal with life's journey and the hardships that come than to life in bitterness of what might have been if....
There was so much love in that old dog just waiting for someone to find him and give him a chance. The blessing came not from what I did, but from what he was inside and gave back to all of us.
