Lessons for life from your dog

 Not all dogs are this perfect, however. Occasionally another dog will snarl at Dodger, but he always backs off from a conflict. He turns the other cheek, Constant love, and attention, a desire to be with you whenever possible. You are at the centre of his world, not Dodger himself.

If we were all like Dodger, the world would be a less conflicted arena. The question is then, how do we become like Dodger? There are peace activists. Even some people in Putin’s Russia object to the invasion of Ukraine. In other wars we term them conscientious objectors. The reason might be deep in their genetic makeup. But they gain no evolutionary advantage. In Russia they will likely end up in prison.

 It would appear perhaps that we need some way of ensuring that people who do object to wars, gain some evolutionary advantage; and that they will pass that gene on down through the generations.  We undoubtedly need to support the efforts of Peace Institutes. Like dogs, we need to help pass the “survival of the friendliest” down through our generations.