WIENER OR ME?

Analogies have never been easy for me. I used them when I taught in 5th grade, but I had the answer book to check the real meanings so I would be able to use them in class. I rarely use them in conversation and I certainly don't advocate trying to use them if you don't know their meanings. But comparisons I can and do use, especially when I am trying to move to another level of learning.

Yesterday I saw my own behavior in Wiener (For the uninformed she is our dachshund) - Not a pretty sight. She is extremely stubborn, self centered or at best self absorbed, unwilling to listen, and manipulative. For some reason, she has decided to pee (at will) on the carpet in our apartment. I have rubbed her nose in it; put her in time out; cut off her rewards; and, spraying the areas with some unpleasantly scented sprays to no avail. She will come in from just being outside, and go on the carpet.

I want to clarify something up front - I DON'T PEE ON THE CARPET!!! But, at times, I can be stubborn, self centered, etc... I still try the same stuff and expect different results - go figure. I'm not totally stupid. I do have an education. I am fairly capable, most of the time. Wiener-like behavior gets me absolutely no where with anyone, especially not with God. And, unlike the aggressive salesmen on TV, true life is absolutely not like Burger King - God does not make deals and I can't have it "MY WAY." And, yet I still try. At times I hate being human.