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Today I will tell You About The puppy Living In Our House.

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This is Jack’s own story, as he sees his world! I can’t remember much about my very young life, but my own story really started at around about 10  weeks, when this very nice couple came to where I was living, looking for a puppy. All I remember is sitting in the right side corner of the kennel, while four young lady puppies   rushed over to say “Hello”. They were very pretty blue merle collie pups and I was just a plain old “black and red” Border collie. I was thinking to myself “No-one will ever want me” and was resigned to a lonely life in my corner. However, to my amazement, I was the puppy they picked up to hold. “Right”, I thought… “I’m going to make the most of this and hope that they take me home with them”, so I snuggled in as tightly as I could and gave them a big wet kiss. That turned out to be a winning move on my part, because that’s when my own story started for real and they took me home with them. I was determined it would be a decision they would never regr...
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New Thoughts New Thoughts  New thoughts can come from taking a new perspective on things. One way to do that is to challenge the assumptions that exist. For example, is love really a feeling of desire or attachment? This is a common assumption, but what if we challenge this?  In some ways the brain is designed to make assumptions. It searches for patterns, or  what cognitive scientists call ‘mental models’, to make it a more efficient machine. For example, you can walk to the station and take the train to the office without paying attention, but assuming it will be the same walk and platform as ever, leaving your mind free to efficiently organise tomorrow’s dinner. New Thoughts on Love Desire and attachment can be strong feelings, and they are often called love in certain contexts. However, attachment can be for bad reasons too, right? Desire too can come from less than noble places. What is an alternative definition of love? New Thoughts On Love   How about a recogn...