That's the norm! Today is different! As soon as I park I notice the garbage left around. Plastic bags,bottles,packets....everything imaginable just dumped. The Council refuse bins are overflowing and there's enough rubbish on the ground to fill a fair-sized skip.

 

On most dog-walking days reflections begin with a question. Why do people behave like this? Of course the mind seeks out various solutions to the question.In this instance I pose poor education, natural causes ( its a very windy spot) and breakdown of Council services. Finally I decide to put such environmental eyesore down to human failure to take responsibility seriously.

 

So this car park belongs to everybody! We're all implicated here. In various degrees we fail to live up to standards; either those set by others, ourselves or God.

 

Now that's a devastating thought. Even if I haven't broken any state/Government laws I have to admit that before God's laws I am guilty. I certainly haven't given him first place in my thinking and decision-making. Neither have I always acted responsibly towards others. This means his judgement upon my life goes against me. My own actions, words and thoughts have condemned me.

 

Enough of this thinking. Having a niggling conscience is disturbing. However failure to measure up is not something you can put on the back burner for ever.

 

I wish sometimes I had Brandy's kind of freedom. A dog's life would not be that bad after all. He has no conscience or responsibilities for others and as for his Creator he just revels in his creation! He lives each moment as it comes!

 

Sometimes I think that's the kind of life I'd like, but freedom always comes with responsibility for us humans.How to enjoy freedom with responsibility, that's the question!