Analogy Is Your Teacher

Analogy Is Your Teacher

Dogs

I've seen big dogs

and little dogs at play

and fix one angle

on diversity.

The frisky small one,

not aware of its size,

calls on quickness and agility.

The good-willed

big one, tolerant,

used to dominance,

is often bewildered.

The little one nips,

barks and flees.

The big one chases,

catches and smothers-

though not truly-

for the little one

escapes capture

with a hint of complicity

from the big one.

And so it goes

till they're exhausted

and seek rest,

both panting,

at ease

in the other's company.

Their masters,

standing by,

chat amiably

and chuckle,

enjoying

their own time

at play,

practicing diversity.

To Ponder

            1.   Analogies are everywhere we turn. Let’s make good

                  use of them, liven up the pictures of our lives.

            2.   Look hard; dogs, other beings and sights place

                  big meanings and lessons right before us. Turn the

                  scene over. See the freshness.

            3.   It’s fun, great fun, to live this way, learning from

                  almost anything, when we least expect it. What’s the

                  image, the symbol, for you?

            4.   Do you have a dog, been around dogs a lot? Or cats?

                  What have they taught you?

            5.   Sometimes you’re big in life; what have you learned

                  from that? Sometimes you’re small; what about it

                  when that happens?

            6.   Are the dogs’ masters in the accompanying poem

                  learning from being together? What’s your guess?

                  What, possibly?

            7.   Process! Always process!! Turn the noun into a verb.

                  Go ahead. Add thin layers to the bulk of what you’ve

                  just experienced.

© 2013 Allan Cox, Allan Cox & Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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