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A tale of freedom and responsibility?<\/em><\/p>\n I was headed to work somewhere, with my pocketbook, another bag and a small box. I went to a train station, putting quarters into a machine at the turnstile. The entrance was very narrow and I didn\u2019t think I could fit through it. I turned sideways and pushed. At first, the turnstile was stuck, but with some effort, I was able to squeeze through. I was then on the platform, about to get on a train. But suddenly, I realized I didn\u2019t have my laptop! I wouldn\u2019t be able to do any work! I was very upset that I had forgotten it, and I realized I needed to go back home and get it.<\/p>\n I started walking back, out of the station, and realized that I had this small box with me. At my car, I opened the box, and inside were a few things including a live dog that had been tightly packed in there. I don\u2019t even know how it had fit. I took the dog out of the box and started to pet it, and after a short while it began to give me little licks, little kisses of gratitude, I guess, for being freed. I put the dog on the passenger seat of the car and tried to secure him to make sure he wouldn\u2019t crawl out or get hurt. I was thinking I needed to feed him because he probably hadn\u2019t eaten in a long time. It felt like a huge responsibility, but the animal was so appreciative and loving. Someone there told me what kind of food he needed \u2013 it was something like \u201cfoundation\u201d?<\/p>\n I was then inside the car, driving, with the dog by my side. There had been a mylar balloon in the box with the dog. It had gotten loose and was attached by a string but had gone into the sky and was being pulled by the wind as we went along. I soon realized it was attached to my hair somehow and it was pulling at my head. Finally, it broke free and pulled a bit of my hair out. I was a little sad it was gone, as it floated into the sky, but it was for the best that I was free of it, because now I was unencumbered. Or was I?<\/p>\n I was still thinking that I needed to get the dog food right away, but it may have been the person, perhaps a spirit guide, who said that affection was more important than food right now.<\/p>\n I kept zooming down the streets, and it felt like I wasn\u2019t sure where I was going. It also felt like things were moving too fast, but I wasn\u2019t able to slow down. It seemed like we were in a lousy city, but I don\u2019t know where.<\/p>\n Suddenly, the road was very wet, and I soon realized I had driven out into a vast ocean. Quickly there was no land in sight and I realized \u201coh god, that\u2019s it then, it\u2019s over,\u201d even though the car was still moving at a high speed through the water.<\/p>\n Just then, as I thought it was over, I was on a highway again and the water fell away. I found myself thinking, \u201cCalifornia!\u201d The highway continued, and I thought maybe I was in Los Angeles, but then I started noticing a small amount of snow on the road. I didn\u2019t want this (to be in a cold environment), so I woke myself up.<\/p>\nshare this: A tale of freedom and responsibility? I was headed to work somewhere, with my pocketbook, another bag and a small box. I went to a train station, putting quarters into a machine at the turnstile. The entrance was very narrow and I didn\u2019t think I could fit through it. I turned sideways and pushed. At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3674],"tags":[3680,3676,3679],"table_tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDog in a Box<\/h2>\n
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