The Pug is losing weight... and had a very productive appointment with the chiropractor.
I expected more problems, but chiro said there's no big problems. One rear knee, not the one she injured as a little pup and limps on, is looser than the other one. Neither has anything wrong with it. BUT her hips are tight.
Her neck is tight as well, and he showed me how to decompress.... pulling... lengthening..... not squeezing neck. I've done it daily. I think it should be done several times a day, but her mommy... my 19yo dd, hasn't really picked up that ball yet. I have an 18yo dd too, they're almost 2 years apart.
I'm just glad the Pug has a good prognosis. Lose weight....between 6 and 8 lbs..... wear the halo device, and go through the motions of moving her hips, front legs, neck and take it easy.
About accepting injustice, cats paw....
it doesn't mean I say it's OK. It doesn't mean I stop doing everything I can do, reasonably, to remedy injustice. It means I don't waste my life worrying and raging over things I simply cannot change. That sets me up to think more clearly, be more responsive and get important things done I might otherwise not accomplish, bc I'm focused on what I can't change.
I hope that makes sense, and it is the serenity prayer, more or less. Just a different way of looking at it, with the benefit of understanding how worry and rage activate survival mode in our brains, creating biochemical hijacking, shutting down the parts of our brains we NEED to problem solve, be reasonable/rational and creative.... all the things we need to positively impact our lives and bring about the best possible outcome, IME.
I notice it every day now. How much clarity is available.... if I'm paying attention. How much easier, simpler, more joyful my life is..... now. BC I'm not wasting my energy spinning my wheels over the things I can't change. And it's glorious to notice and live in that difference, IME. It's a whole new mental space, and I believe I'll never get dragged back down to those lower, very unproductive, levels again. I believe it 100%, then notice the little challenges popping up for me.
What would that MEAN IF I didn't react the way I always have? Who would I be? Who WILL I be?
And I talk myself through it.... I'll be more responsive Lighter. More capable Lighter. I'll have more clarity and ability to act.
That's who I'll be. I think that's who I've become.
Cats Paw.... if I ever hurt you on the board, I didn't mean to. I've learned so much from some of the board strife. It was a relatively safe place to SEE and practice and notice, observe and impact... be impacted BY conflict in a way that wasn't too scary or constly, etc.
You'll tell me if I said anything I need to explain or apologize for. I don't want to go back and read old threads. I'm very happy in the present: )
Lighter