Elation.

We should all be so lucky to live with this much joy in our lives.

If even a moment of each day could contain this much unbridled, rapturous energy… What a way to live!

This video has been bouncing around the internet for a while, but every time I watch it I’m renewed in spirit.

You can stack all kinds of metaphors onto this yellow dog if you try. Single-minded determination to reach your goal. Live a joyous life. Free your inner Labrador. Know your passions. Follow your bliss.

But, no metaphor is necessary. This dog is not thinking metaphorically and that is part of what allows us to revel in his or her race to the ocean. Worry is not part of the equation. The dog pays no mind to rising temperatures, pollution, politics, war or poverty.

The dog is here. The ocean is there.

One must move to the other.

Go.