A Dog Poop Story You Didn’t Ask For
Here’s a dog poop story for you. Yep, really.
The other day I was walking Angel (look at that cutie) , totally distracted. Headphones in, caught up in texting about some drama that didn’t feel great. I wasn’t paying attention at all…definitely NOT grounded or present.
Usually my walks are sacred space. Time to listen to music or a podcast, or just take in the quiet. I use them to reset and drop into presence. But not this time.
We stopped, and I assumed she just peed, so I kept walking (cause you know, distracted). Then I heard it – “Really? REALLY?!”
I turned around and a man came out of his house yelling at me for not picking up after my dog. I was confused at first, but sure enough... dog poop. Right there on his grass.
I went back, picked it up, and felt so thrown off that he thought I was the kind of person who just walks away. I was so mortified that I actually knocked on his door afterward to explain. Of course, he didn’t answer (thank God), but the whole thing stayed with me for the rest of the day. Honestly, longer.
I even avoided walking past his house for nearly a week.
It sounds silly, I know. But the truth is that I care what people think about me. I care about being seen for who I truly am.
But here’s the bigger truth 💣
I don't have to prove who I am when I already know. I mean, in this case I am a woman who picks up after her dog….but this guy assumed I wasn’t and it made my head spin. I was embarrassed he thought that of me and felt like I just had to make him understand ... .but why? I KNOW that I do every time and this time I literally thought she peed so what did it matter that this guy thought that?!?! I felt like my integrity was in question.
That moment reminded me how easy it is to fall into proving energy. How quickly we can forget our own knowing.How deeply we sometimes want to be seen as “good” by people who will never truly know our hearts.
The coolest part is that I get to bring awareness and curiosity to this situation and even better– I get to decide what I carry and what I release. I can move through life with integrity without chasing other people’s approval. It is not my job to convince anyone who I am and what I stand for, dog poop or otherwise 😉
So if you’ve been walking around lately with the weight of someone’s judgment on your shoulders…
Come back to your knowing. You don’t have to knock on every door.
You know who you are. And if you need some help remembering, click here to Unlock Your Proving Energy.
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