Dogs have shown me how simple
mirroring the goodness
in other beings can be
DOG is GOD when viewed in a mirror
Turns out, like the poem below suggests,
God can be seen in every living being
The Gift of Mirroring
I could not lie anymore,
so I started to call my dog “God.”
First he looked confused, then he started smiling,
then he even danced!
I kept at it: now he doesn’t even bite.
I am wondering if this might work on people?
- SANT TUKARAM,
seventeenth-century poet-saint,
translated by Daniel Ladinsky
