Choose Love
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog
By Lori Fuller

All, everything that I understand, I only understand because I love.
~Leo Tolstoy

Because I volunteer with an animal rescue, friends and co-workers frequently give me donations for the animals. One evening, as I was delivering gifts to the shelter, I looked up to see a Pit Bull charging across the parking lot with her handler in tow. I quickly assessed the situation and bent down to greet the medium-sized blue Pit Bull. She lunged toward me as she stood on her hind legs and threw her front paws around my neck, showering me with kisses. I rubbed her head as her butt wiggled and her tail wagged furiously.

"Do you know her?" the handler asked me. (Keep reading)