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Learning Unconditional Love From Pet Adoption

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When entering a relationship, or even considering it, we always talk about unconditional love. We miss it. We sometimes received it from our parents and more often from grandparents.

We finish high school or college and find out the world is not the same as the safety of the academic womb with someone holding our hand down the hallway of academia. We are on our own. We have to learn to love and be loved or be alone. Is that all there is to life? Not quite.

Have you ever owned a dog or cat? There are no conditions. We may train our dogs and cats, to do certain tricks (it impresses our friends), but have you thought about what they teach us?

You are skeptical. Not to worry. So was I. I never expected to adopt my last dog. He found me. If he hadn't, I would be a bitter soul today. Instead I went from rural Arkansas to the Hollywood "A" list and I am not exaggerating. People love me. I am doing nothing consciously different. I owned a dog whom I saved; but he really saved me.

Here is a silly far-out example, but, more often than not, we have our pets spayed or neutered, which is a smart thing, unless one breeds them.

But still, dogs are man's best friend Can you imagine having the same procedure done to your own human best friend, and he or she come home and lick you in the face the next day wagging his/her tail and wanting nothing but your love or attention? I know that is a bit far-fetched, but it is what happens with animal-human dynamics. No matter what we do, they love us. When we love them, they love us even more. Don't believe it? Simply try it.

A dog (and even a cat) loves you simply for being you. There is an old Irish prayer, "Lord, please make me half the man my dog thinks I am".

If only that were true. And if you think a dog or cat will love you unconditionally, you can take that a step further. Try adopting one from your local shelter. Cats and, it seems especially dogs, have a keen 6th sense and memory that is uncanny. They will appreciate you and show you a kind of love you've never experienced.

My favorite stray dog Thor just died last month of heart disease. He was a mixed breed that I found in the woods in rural Ms. He looked a lot like Benji. That was 12 years ago. He lived, the vet believes, to be almost 22 years old. Ironically, the first Benji, (there have been more) was found not far from where he showed up.

After owning Thor a few years, I found people were much more pleasant to me. I thought it was because I had such a cute friendly people-loving dog. Maybe that was a part of it, but the major part of it was Thor had taught me something I had never experienced before, unconditional love on steroids. That dog loved me no matter what.

I am still grieving over the loss of Thor, and will for quite awhile. But I will soon adopt or find another dog and know that I will experience this most unique phenomena that can be found nowhere else. May you have the same blessing.

Rick London is a cartoonist and e-store owner who created the Internet's top cartoon, Londons Times Cartoons. He focuses a great deal of his work on animal-related cartoons, particularly dogs and cats and manufacturers funny gifts and collectibles with their images. One of his stores that features such dog and cat products as mouse pads, tee shirts, sweats and hoodies, aprons, and much more. A percentage of all sales benefit various animal charities.