Dog and Cat were sitting there looking down at me as I opened my eyes.
"Well?" Cat spoke while Dog just smiled his toothy grin as his tail wagged the rest of him.
"Well what?" I asked as I sat up and stretched.
"So what do you think these days?"
"I think I'm happy to see both of you."
Cat leaned up against me and purred, Dog put its head in my lap and invited me to scratch behind its ears.
Love all around.
"Oh, but you are probably wondering if I'm going to stay here this time."
Cat looked into my eyes while Dog looked up while wrinkling his forehead to see better straight up.
Cat the turned away, and took a few steps in an indifferent way, pausing to lean against my foot and look back. "Well, it was more whether you had sorted out whatever it is that keeps you away."
"Oh, I see. You know, I was working on something since I was here. And it boils down to what to do with all these movies and dreams I've been having."
Dog sat up again and scratched behind his own ear with his foot. "Oh that - just your choice."
"How do you figure?"
"Well you know it all now, but you might not had time to put it together. Or at least it seems that way to me. Look:
- Your thoughts make your dreams and your movies.
- You can let go of the thoughts, but to get rid of them you have to let go of the feelings, the desires, and the fears you have.
- And then you can do or be or think or have anything you want.
- If you get a result you don't want, then simply let it go and create a new set."
My jaw was open, so I shut it. "That simple?"
"Just that simple."
"So why didn't you tell me that before?"
Cat took this one. "Because you weren't ready."
"Until I ran into enough questions I couldn't answer on my own."
"Precisely. Welcome home."
"Thanks."
The cartoon-outlined clouds moved slowly across a near-uniform blue sky, while a smiling sun looked down. The grass slowly moved in some ripple like their older cousins, the prairies. The air was clean, Life was good.
"It's all just choice."