11/13/2024
When your dog is your soulmate, it feels like theyāve seen the depths of who you are and decided to love you anyway, flaws and all. Thereās no pretense with them. They donāt care if youāve had a bad day, if youāre broken, or if youāre lost. They just stay. Not because they have to, but because, for some reason, their soul fits with yours in a way that makes everything feel a little lighter.
Itās not about them reading your mind or sensing your moods like itās some magical connection. Itās more raw than that. Itās in the moments where you feel like youāve got nothing left to give, and yet, somehow, they bring out the part of you that still cares. Itās in their eyes, how they look at you like youāre the only thing that matters. Thereās no pretending with themāno need to put up walls or hold back emotions. With them, youāre exactly who you are, and thatās enough.
And itās more than just loveāitās the way they make you see yourself differently, the way they pull you out of places you didnāt even know you were stuck in. The bond is stronger than anything life throws at you because itās rooted in something so simple and pure. They donāt just support youāthey remind you, in the most basic, honest way, that youāre worth being loved. And when the world feels cold or distant, theyāre the one soul you can count on, no matter what.
R.M. Drake š«§
Artist Credit: Lisa Aisato