Often that day you will get a bad feeling in your stomach.
Like for example, something didn't feel right as I was taking our dog to the beach and I wondered why I was feeling this. But, I decided to push forward because I wasn't given more information than this even though I knew something didn't feel right.
So, as I put my dog on a leash I noticed on the beach that there were now more travelers visiting the beach this day and I felt a little worried about social distancing not only between me and other people but also between my dog and other dogs because I saw bigger dogs off leash as well.
So, I chose a part of the beach with the least people on it.
As I walked along the beach toward the rocks where the waves were crashing I suddenly saw a larger dog than our corgi come and scare our dog. The dog wasn't trying to hurt our dog but instead was kind of crazy and lonely I think. But, our dog is only 6 month old and a female and might go into heat in the next month or so and was freaked out by this bigger dogs attention. So, finally since the owner took about a minute or two to show up soon my dog had thrown her collar and was running being chased down the beach. The owner of the dog said "Sorry!" and I began walking 1/2 mile down the beach to try to find our puppy who is 6 months old. I knew she would be scared out of her mind because she had never been this far away from us and likely not know how to solve this problem of getting back to me. So, I walked fast even though I'm already 72 years old with a new pacemaker installed last week. I saw a family near where the dog had entered the parking lot and asked the father with the children whether he had seen our dog and he said, "I think it's hiding under the table up where my wife and daughter are." I said "Thanks" and sure enough the dog was hiding there because our dog felt safe there with the two women.
The main thing I had to be was calm. It wasn't about blaming anyone for anything. It was about getting my dog so my wife wouldn't freak out from losing her. So, I stayed calm at each and every point because if I freaked out I knew I could lose our dog. So, when I walked up to her she was happy to get her collar back on because she was out of her normal mind. I put the dog in my truck nearby and drove home and told my wife about the incident.
She was upset because I can't really use my left arm much after the pacemaker being installed last week for the next 6 weeks and secondly worried about her dog.
But, as you can see I felt something strange coming but couldn't really be sure what was off even though I knew something was off. So, calibrating how serious what you feel is is how you conduct your life.
Some people having felt what I felt would have just gone home rather than going to the beach that day. However, I felt I could handle the unease like I did and I was successful in not losing our dog or causing any harm seriously to her or to me or to my wife.
So, when you feel something, honor your feelings because one day it will save your life or another's life along the way.
You cannot always know what's wrong but you can know something isn't right. And when you feel this be cautious because it could be your life or another's at stake.
Sometimes we cannot change these outcomes and sometimes we can. We have to be aware that something isn't right in order to correct the problem one way or another or lives are sometimes lost.
I was able to save the life of our dog this day only because I remained calm and focused and didn't yell at the other dog owner or something like this.
So, staying calm and focused is what is important when things get weird.
So, you can sense when things are off but not know what is coming. But, if you aren't careful when you feel this you, or someone else or your dog could die. So, when you feel something take it seriously. Your life might depend upon it.
By God's Grace
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