Santa chose a winner with the book selection for my stocking this year, Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis. This Giller prize winner is a quick, enjoyable read with prompts pondering of the big questions of life. Apollo and Hermes make a bet that given human intelligence, any animal would be even more unhappy than humans at death. Fifteen dogs in a Toronto veterinary clinic are gifted or cursed, depending on your perspective, with human consciousness.
The responses to the change in their lives brings reactions in the dogs that we are all quite familiar with…
fear of change, clinging to a notion of “old ways” that results in an adherence to a bastardized version of the past, embracing change, efforts to adapt, a quest to communicate, formation of alliances, fear of differences, plotting, selfishness, brutality, subjugation, revenge, jealousy, love, betrayal, loyalty, hope, loss…
In the lead up to the season of New Year’s Resolutions, it begs the question, what matters most? How do we lead life in a way that maintains the integrity of our core beliefs? Just a few more days to figure that out.
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