Day 3,698: Intention

Joy let me brush her tonight. Like, really brush her. And I realized she did because I had my intention right. My energy was in exactly the right place: calm and firm. She didn’t get to say no, but I wasn’t rough with her in any way, or amped up, or stern. Just…firm. And gentle. And she tried to say no, for sure, but she gave up very quickly when she realized it wasn’t scary, it didn’t hurt, and I wasn’t going to let her get away. She gave up fighting and just decided to lick my face, which I ga...