Are you a leader?

Do you lead....or follow?  I must admit....I am more of a follower.  I would like to be more of a leader but I just can't help myself.  I think that being a shelter dog has made me more of a follower.  I am insecure and am afraid my "forever Mom" is always going to leave me....so I DO NOT like to let her out of my sight!!!!!

When she does laundry......I go to the laundry room.  When she goes to the mailbox....I go with her.  If she goes to the basement....I go down with her.  When she goes to bed...I go too!  She is my fearless leader and I follower her.  Even when I chase that darn cat...I'm really just following.  I'm going to work on this.

When you look up a leader in the dictionary.  It says that a leader is one who goes before, is at the head or in advance....one who leads the way.  If you are a good leader you want others to look up to you...by working hard in school, having good values and always being kind to others.

When you look up follower in the dictionary it says that you follow others in regard to his or her beliefs, or you imitate and copy.  Sometimes when we follow we do not give ourselves a voice and we allow others to make decisions (bad and good) for us.

Which one are you?  A leader or a follower?  I am going to try to be more of a LEADER!!!!!! Which brings me to why I wrote this post today:

My "forever MOM" has been putting up Christmas decorations this week and climbing a ladder.....I am trying to follow her.

HEY...."How did she get up there?"

"Oh, this is easy!!!!! What's the matter...haven't you ever seen a dog climb a ladder before?"

It's a dog's life...but it's a good life!
Mallone