The primary desire of each and every person on this planet is to love and to be loved. A person can feel comfortable of receiving and giving love in its purest form only when it is unconditional and not due to selfishness. However, in today’s world, we are moving into a society where everyone and everything is moving towards a commercial phase. Genuine love is becoming a forgotten commodity of the past, and that was enjoyed by previous generations. As a result, there has been an increase in stress related diseases all around the world.
The best therapy to heal such emotional wounds would be to find a source of unconditional love, preferably the pet historically known as the best and true friend of man – a dog.
The warm welcome that he or she gives you when returning home and the joy that he or she shows in seeing you again, is enough to wash away all the stress and strain encountered during the day. He or she does not turn its back and ask what gifts you have brought for him or her because the only precious gift he or she expects from you is your love, your company and your presence at home.
I have a seven-year-old loving friend called ‘Kuttappan’ at home who has been with us since he was a two-month-old puppy. The only demand of his, that has continued to remain persistent all these years, is his expectation to be handfed by my wife, and if I am at home, further expects me to sit beside and cheer him up by clapping hands after he has chewed and swallowed each gulp, to encourage him to go for the next one. The food if left to him in his dish to eat on his own, will remain untouched the entire day, and perhaps for many days, irrespective of how hungry he could be. It is not food that he expects but love, and that too, should be unconditional love.
- The reader is an Indian training manager based in Ras Al Khaimah.
