Have you ever thought that we have each been carefully placed here in a certain place and at a certain time to fulfill a purpose, and when that purpose has been completed then we each move on to our reward? A body that dies dissolves and returns to the dust from which it came, but what of a spirit? Once a spirit is known then it is always there somewhere for as long as it is still known and remembered.

A man called a pet store wanting to buy a very friendly loving dog that would be there waiting for him when he returned from work each day to be his friend and keep him company. The pet store owner said that he had just the right dog and sent him a photo of a beautiful little dog that looked perfect. But before the man could drive to the store and get the dog it got loose and ran away never to be seen again. The man was sad because he had wanted that dog, but when he waited and waited and it never returned he bought a different dog instead. This new dog was not as pretty as the first one, but it was everything that he had wanted in a dog and it fulfilled his purpose for having a dog. Soon the man had completely forgotten about the original dog and couldn't even have told you what he looked like if you had asked. But the dog that he went home with lived with him for twenty years and completely filled his purpose as a faithful and loving companion for all that time. That man never forgot the dog that he came to know and love so well and he would always remember his unique spirit.

I'm not completely sure why I thought up this story and wrote it down here just now. But for whatever reason, it must have been for you today.