A DOG'S PURPOSE... be humans best friend.

If you are a dog lover this is movie is a must for you. If you a cat lover it might actually answer some questions of why you prefer cats over dogs but also why you cant relate to canines. If you are a dog hater, definitely there's something wrong with you. The reason why there are still movies based on animals more than to cash money attracting people to theaters willing to cry and cheer for their pets looking at themselves reflected in the screen, actually goes beyond that. Te fact that sometimes is better to understand us as another animal species, humans are animals, we own our specific basic instincts but we are also very complex and sometimes the way to understand us better and stop scratching our heads trying to figure out what now? is by looking into things from a different perspective. The same way we compare with other people, why woman use both sides of their brain and men only one at the time explains why we are and act in different ways just because our gender. Or why someone behaves in some way more impulsive while others are more conservative and like to stay in a comfort zone?. All is good and fair for each one but the only way to accept and respect what is different to us in by understanding our differences. Same thing happen when we look at other species, how they behave, why they migrate or they live in packs or kill each other. Understanding nature and how we share similarities even we can be completely different will bring us new perspectives and open our mind to understand us better.

On that note, trying to explain our life from the perspective of one of the most popular animals, and not by popularity but because is one in demand. Most of us in some point had one as pet or felt like owning one. Because they can be cute and funny, and loyal and make the perfect company for different kind of occasions. that's why they call them, Man best friend: Dogs. Yes, thy can be too small, or too cute or to aggressive but have proved they are loyal and they make the perfect company for us humans, as they seem to go along with whatever is in our minds. They might not understand a thing that we say but they recognize their name and sense when are we happy, excited, sad or in danger. So what's "A DOG PURPOSE" ? (2017). That's the big question that served a popular novel now turned into a motion picture, trying to answer what's anyone purpose in life, and how that question might take a couple of lives to resolve but sadly as different as our cute pets, we only have one and we keep wondering that question till the end of our days. Why am i here? What makes me different to others that at the same time makes me unique and gives me a reason to be here and make a difference? What is the reason for me to transcend in life? And the answer will get more complex as it applies to anyone because everyone might have a different purpose in life or maybe we all share one in common, who knows? Well maybe there is someone that knows all the answers and actually that someone spends most of it's life at our side so who better to get to know us in a very unique way than our pets if the could only communicate to us and explain it while they figure out their same issues.

So this is the story of a dog, that as we all know, they have a shorter life than humans so we met him around a few lives, while he dies and comes back in a different shape or better said, breed. In each of one, he has the same question, what is his purpose? as seems to have fun, play around, feed, rest, and play again, seems like a simple life with lots of fun but no real purpose. That is until he meets a young boy, Ethan, a caring and driven boy that looks after him saving him from the hands of other people that almost left him to die. So he founds his person in this young boy and be part of a family makes him feel part of the pack. So the story actually turns into this boy life. The struggles he has under the roof of a family with a depressed and alcoholic father and lovely mother. But he is a positive person and he is focus on his goals, as keep practicing football in order to get a scholarship to go to college. So the years go by and this dog makes a perfect partner in crime for the boy, now a teenager, that still wants to enjoy life while fighting for his dreams even things at home are getting harder and harder. But one thing dog's are good about is to sense what's going on, so when things get sad he tries to entertain, when there are happy moments, is there to enjoy and when love knocks the door, he will also make thing work for his friend as they include a new member in their pack,a  girl, and he can sense those hormones going crazy between the two of them.

But life can be full of surprises and sometimes even we have control of our actions, comes to others what destiny is ahead of us, and they will face the consequences of someone's insecurities and issues while trying to play a prank to Ethan, leaving him with a broken leg and losing his opportunity to go to college, forcing him to stay around in town, turning him into a sad, lonely person that pushed away everybody from his life. But that was only one of this peculiar dog's life. Then he comes back again, in a different place and different breed, with another life very different from the last one, that will show him another side of humans, a lonely and dangerous one, where when a heart has been broken, there's a lot of pain and sadness left that we might not notice but people around do so sometimes opening our eyes and mind to what happen around us will give us a better sense of where we are at and who have we become. Coming from the perspective of someone that can sense our mood, from joy to happiness, our excitements and share our pain, would be interesting to take a deeper look at them to understand us better. Because they might not share things in common with us but they definitely like us, and same as us have feelings and needs, but investing time to care and procure your pet and your friends will show more of ourselves that hours of therapy as here is only us in the battlefield facing reality and there is no way to hide that or just pretend other than what it is as simple as any animals life, following their instincts to survive and satisfy themselves.

As we go through other lives with this dog we learn more about humans than about dogs, they are more simple and easy to please and understand, even tho not always can get that, as we get to see them as a thing, a pet that only needs to be feed and sometimes not even that suffering from aggression and mistreat from their owners, but they way they look at us, as a more complex animal. Humans always act in different ways and even when following some patterns moving in different directions and hard to satisfy. We want love and be loved but our fear of being hurt keep us away from socializing and meeting new people. We want to be successful but we are afraid of taking risks and try different things. We want to do the right thing and bring justice in our society but we are unfair to the ones we love and live with us, forgetting they have no obligation to stay or because they happen to be there. We want to be grateful for what we have and try something good for others for we forget we are all equal and just be kind with some specific ones forgetting we all live in the world and deserve the same kind of respect . So what's our purpose in life? Why do we get up everyday if our lives are full of contradictions. We suffer in order to get some joy. He fight hard in order to get some happiness. Why can we just be good at be there, at that moment, bring and make the best of it and share it with everyone no matter race, gender, or any other label we could fit on them, just be and enjoy. That's a dogs purpose.