If you can't be positive, at least be quiet.
I love this quote. I think it is a great philosophy by which we should strive to live our lives.
There is so much nastiness and negativity in this world, particularly in the anonymity of online groups. Just yesterday someone I know only online viciously attacked me because I won't let my dog sleep on my bed. It made no difference to her that I have severe sleep apnea and chronic insomnia that mean I am lucky to sleep four or five hours each night. And those hours of sleep are frequently interrupted by wakefulness. Some nights it takes anywhere from 1 to 4 hours before I fall asleep, and I am usually awake by 3:30 a.m.
She clearly believes that her way of raising dogs is the only correct way. I immediately unfriended her, because who needs 'friends' like that. My dogs have good lives. Each gets a walk of between 1 and 2 miles every day. They get multiple trips into my back yard every day, to play or just to sniff around or lie in the sun. Hers? They spend their days on the couch while she watches football or NASCAR on television.
Where someone's dogs sleep is a personal decision to be made by the person who cares for the dogs. Based on the responses of the people who replied, I would guess that more than half the people do not let their dogs sleep on the human's bed. I don't care either way. As long as the dogs are loved and well cared for, who am I to say where the dogs should sleep?
My dogs have multiple beds in my house. Some dogs prefer to sleep on the tile floor in the bathroom despite the presence of a dog bed. My golden retriever Jett always preferred the tile to his bed or the carpeted floor. He liked to the coolness of the tile floors.
My mother used to tell us not to say anything if we didn't have anything nice to say. Sometimes it's best just to keep the mouth shut rather than expose our ignorance or nastiness.
So if you can't be positive, please be quiet. The world, and those around you, don't need your nastiness.
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