There's No Such Thing As A Bad

Such Short Little Lives Our Pets Have To Spend With Us, And They Spend Most Of It Waiting For Us To Come Home Each Day.

A Dog Doesn't Care If You Are Rich Or Poor, Educated Of Illiterate, Clever Or Dull. Give Him Your Heart And He Will Give You His. It Was Really Quite Simple, And Yet We Humans, So Much Wiser And More Sophisticated, Have Always Had Trouble Figuring Out What Really Counts And What Does Not.

Many Of The Qualities That Come So Effortlessly To Dogs - Loyalty, Devotion, Selflessness, Unflagging Optimism, Unqualified Love - Can Be Elusive To Humans.

He Taught Us The Art Of Unqualified Love. How To Give It, How To Accept It. Where There Is That, Most Other Pieces Fall Into Place.

A Person Can Learn A Lot From A Dog, Even A Loopy One Like Ours. Marley Taught Me About Living Each Day With Unbridled Exuberance And Joy, About Seizing The Moment And Following Your Heart. He Taught Me To Appreciate The Simple Things-a Walk In The Woods, A Fresh Snowfall, A Nap In A Shaft Of Winter Sunlight. And As He Grew Old And Achy, He Taught Me About Optimism In The Face Of Adversity. Mostly, He Taught Me About Friendship And Selflessness And, Above All Else, Unwavering Loyalty.