After waiting for some time, his heart-broken dog escaped to search for him. Immersed in school activities, the young student didn’t return home. Floodgate of FeelingsĪfter the film came out, one elderly gentleman told me about his childhood dog that he left behind to go to college. Through the film “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale”, you can witness, first-hand, what uncovering pure emotions really means.

For me, the idea of a good life is thinking, “I’m living the life of my dreams”! Instead, our daily lives consist of “good enough”.

Too often, being true to our “real” selves - in touch with our raw emotions - remains tough for so many of us.

We humans get tangled up in a confusing and sometimes contradictory web of love and loyalty. This amazing dog lived by uncomplicated emotions. What drew me to the true-life story of Hachiko, the loyal Akita, is the simplicity and power of unedited feelings. When you think about it, why would you deny yourself a happy life? Because you’re afraid to be honest with yourself? She had a beautiful life with everything she needed to make her content. Why not express how we really feel? How else can we get what we want out of life?Ī wise woman once told me, “If you don’t A.S.K. Instead, when we let emotions flow free…the weight suddenly lifts and we feel blissfully relieved somehow.īesides, holding back emotions is hard work! All that energy being used to hide our true feelings is such a waste. By bottling up the negative energy, we just create more pressure. Trying our hardest to hold back creates stress and more anxiety. It’s about releasing all those pent-up emotions that can eat away at us and poison our souls. “A good cry.” The positive and negative going hand-in-hand.Ĭrying can be seen as an expression of sadness, a cue that we need comforting. One minute I can be watching a movie, then all of a sudden the emotion wells up and then… Know the feeling?

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