Good Things Happen When You Aren’t Even Looking!!

Sometimes the best lessons and gifts are ones that one cannot be programmed,ordered, enacted, concocted, etc.  They can be wished upon a star, prayed for, visualized and called into one’s life in many creative ways.  And the point of all this is…the night before Christmas, it happened once more to ME.

It was before the dinner hour, and sunlight had not yet bowed to the darker evening.  I had to return a newly bought telephone from Office Depot that worked perfectly fine but did not have a place to put in an earpiece.  I had this phone in the original box with me in the car.  It was not neatly packed due to laziness and practicality. What would be the point of doing so if the store was just going to pull it out to examine it and then give me another phone in a new box?

Being the intuitive that I am, logic and practicality sometimes escapes me.  However on this day, it was with great intention that four errands were mapped out to save both time and gasoline.  The last three errands were in downtown Portland, so I parked the car and walked to each location.  The phone return would surely take the most time, so that one was last on the “To Due” list. It did take the most tome.  I was about ready to move the car to avoid getting a parking ticket,when the store manager told me to park my car in the parking garage next to Office Depot and he would validate the parking. I did as I was told.

Sure enough, when I returned  to the store with my parking ticket, the manager validated it and exchanged my phone for one that had more features.  I got the phone I wanted at a price I hadn’t expected after some magic (price comparison and something else I wasn’t privy to) was done.  I was a happy customer and exited the store and drive home.  Home is where I wanted to be, inside away from the cold damp weather that Portland was famously known for in places high and low.   Two black cats and a human being were waiting to be fed, (in that order) and I was getting hungry.  There was homemade hot turkey soup and a freshly made salad awaiting my return.

First, I wanted to make sure that the phone worked. So, out of the box came the contents.  It was easy to set up and only took a few minutes. The phone was  set up and plugged in-almost.  A part was missing.  This didn’t seem fair!  Could this really be? The box was turned upside down so all the parts could be examined.  A search was made to be certain that the younger cat, a 41/2 month old kitten, hadn’t hidden the missing piece under something.  This was a real possibly since every thing in the house was hers and had the potential to be designated a toy.  A search revealed nothing, so indeed the part was missing.   A quick call was made to Office Depot, and an exchange was arranged.  I was informed that it would be best if the phone I had was returned and exchanged that evening so that the same manager on duty could take care of the exchange without having to go into an explanation with someone else at another time.  Yes, it would be quicker, and yet, I had no interest in getting into the car again to do this.  So, I forced myself with convincing rationalizations that even my best efforts to protest couldn’t argue.

I wanted to get this OVER WITH NOW.  I got into the car with my newly purchased phone, and was in downtown Portland in ten minutes and in the store in another five minutes after parking in the parking garage again.  The manager had the new phone ready for me.  He apologized,and again validated the parking.  I was sent over to the cashier who finished the transaction.  All this took about two minutes.

I was about to leave the store, and turned to the salesperson.  “I bet  you had a career before your started working here” I said.  He looked at me and said “Yes, I did.”  I had just entered another world, a personal part of his life without asking his permission.  To ease the poor transition that I had caused, I continued.  “You are good with people and it wouldn’t be hard to imagine you doing something else.  I too have been working for other people while I rebuild my business.”  The technique worked, and he continued talking and told me his story.  He ran a transportation company that went broke because of rising fuel costs and the diving economy.  His family back moved to Portland,his birthplace.  He has had some adjustments to make, and has made peace with his new life.  “There are a lot of us out there (meaning in the world). This is just what happens, and people just have to adjust.  Things aren’t going back to the way that they just used to be.  I am okay with this job.  I try to make every interaction with a customer special.  That is all that I can do.  You have a Merry Christmas.”  He smiled.

“You too” I said admiring his attitude.  He was authentic.  His kind words and ability to listen to the customers standing at the counter in front of him captivated me.  He was sincerely interested in helping them.  This employee looked you right in the eye!!  “Sir, it might be quicker if you went upstairs and paid for  your purchases.”  “Ma’am, I will be with you in just a few minutes.”  “Let me take a minute to make sure that I have this right.” “Come to Office Depot.  We will take care of you.”

I looked at him one more time as I turned to leave the store.  I had a brand new phone with all the parts needed to work and I had something else that couldn’t be put in a box-hope.  Here was one more person in the world that sincerely wanted to do positive things for people.  The good feeling from the transactions with him are still with me, two days later as I write this.  What a gift.

 

 

Managing Intuition In The Workplace by Tom Graves

“We need always to remember that intuition complements analysis – it’s no substitute for careful thought! And like a dim star at night, intuition does tend to come and go, and vanishes if we try to look straight at it. Yet if you can safely experiment with it at work, do so wherever practicable – because it helps you to know and trust your own judgement.
Even if you can’t act on those feelings, watch for any feedback – indications of what happened about the context of your ‘hunch’. Sometimes your feeling will be proved right; sometimes – often, at first! – it will be proved wrong. Notice if there are any patterns in what works and what doesn’t. If there are, support those patterns any way that you can.
Intuition is perhaps the most powerful tool we have – especially at work. It’s part of us – in many ways is us. And allowing ourselves to trust and use our intuition helps make work itself more meaningful and satisfying. Try it!”

Read more http://tetradian.com/download/TG_managing_intuition.pdf

The End of Fall in Portland, Oregon

Intuition By Any Other Name!

Be careful.   Your words can get you into trouble.  It is easy to assume a word or its meaning is understood.  How many words are heard or read on a daily basis?

I have not escaped these problems, often wishing that my vocabulary were larger.  Reading more and using the dictionary to learn new words, have not helped much when I need to find words.  However, this hasn’t deterred me from reading and  hoping that someday it will be easier to find words that  reflect and represent  thoughts and feelings.

My work is a good example.  My business card designer patiently waited while I searched for the perfect word to describe my work with people and animals.  It was an attempt to replace the word “psychic.” I considered using “interpreter”,”translator”, “intuitive”,”hunch” and “communicator.”  Yes, they were different, but not widely used as a descriptors for people who use their sixth sense for a living.  The search engines, with their demands of conformity, derailed any these considerations and surrender was inevitable.  So “pet psychic” was inked into my animal communicator business card.

Be careful.   Your words can get you into trouble.  It is easy to assume a word or its meaning is understood.  How many words are heard or read on a daily basis?

I have not escaped these problems, often wishing that my vocabulary were larger.  Reading more and using the dictionary to learn new words, have not helped much when I need to find words.  However, this hasn’t deterred me from reading and  hoping that someday it will be easier to find words that  reflect and represent  thoughts and feelings.

My work is a good example.  My business card designer patiently waited while I searched for the perfect word to describe my work with people and animals.  It was an attempt to replace the word “psychic.” I considered using “interpreter”,”translator”, “intuitive”,”hunch” and “communicator.”  Yes, they were different, but not widely used as a descriptors for people who use their sixth sense for a living.  The search engines, with their demands of conformity, derailed any these considerations and surrender was inevitable.  So “pet psychic” was inked into my animal communicator business card.

 

Some people don’t like the word psychic and frown, scoff, and cringe.  Many people are afraid of what they can’t see and don’t know.  Actually psychic isn’t such a negative word. One dictionary defined it as a person having extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy.  Really.  These abilities don’t seem so unusual, except many people don’t develop and use them.  Lots of people know about people, places and situations that really has nothing to do with them! This isn’t something new. Psychics have been around for centuries.

 

Anyway, if little disapproval came my way, it wouldn’t be the first time. So what?  People like myself who have  alternative businesses, know that we answer to our own calling.   So, what is in a word besides semantics?

Some people don’t like the word psychic and frown, scoff, and cringe.  Many people are afraid of what they can’t see and don’t know.  Actually psychic isn’t such a negative word. One dictionary defined it as a person having extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy.  Really.  These abilities don’t seem so unusual.  Many people don’t develop and use them.  Lots of people know about people, places and situations that really has nothing to do with them! This isn’t something new. Psychics have been around for centuries.

Anyway, if little disapproval came my way, it wouldn’t be the first time. So what?  People like myself who have  alternative businesses, know that we answer to our own calling.   So, what is in a word besides semantics?

Do You Trust Your Intuition?

Do you trust your intuition?

Mike Harden Posted in Insights, Leadership, Planning Tags: decision making, intuition, pattern recognition, perception 41 Comments »
How many times have you “felt” like you were making the wrong decision, but did so anyway? That’s probably because your intuition was telling you that this was the wrong thing to do. But you ignored that feeling because you are a rational person, and you make your judgments based on facts, not feelings. All the facts pointed one way, so you made the wrong decision, and felt really bad about it.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines intuition as the ability to acquire knowledge without inference or the use of reason. If we go strictly by this definition, intuition is more like magic than reality. Yet, over the years, I have found myself making more and more important decisions based on intuition (my feelings) rather than the facts I see in front of me. I have also seen this happen with many of the more senior CEOs I coach. It seems that as they become more experienced, they tend to make more decisions based on what they feel in their gut. And those decisions seem to work out well for them.

What’s going on here? Shouldn’t the facts and figures be more important than the way we feel about something. Perhaps so, but seasoned executives can look at all the facts, particularly when they seem to line up and make sense, and still do something different simply because their intuition was telling them to.

How can intuition play such a valuable part in our decision making? Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, stated in his book “Winning” (which I highly recommend), that: “Sometimes making a decision is hard not because it is unpopular, but because it comes from the gut and defies a ‘technical’ rationale. Much has been written about the mystery of gut, but it’s really just pattern recognition, isn’t it. You’ve seen something so many times you just know what’s going on this time. The facts may be incomplete or the data limited, but the situation feels very, very familiar to you.”

What Jack is saying to us is that we have been around long enough to recognize things that may not be obvious or clear. Your gut is recognizing patterns that you have seen before in your previous experiences, and pointing you in a direction that is comfortable with you. In the process, you are likely to make the right decision.

Intuition combines our experience with non-verbal cues we perceive. It digs down into our memory and grabs bits of information we may have consciously forgotten. We sense things because we have a basis upon which to compare and contrast what we are seeing and hearing. The bottom line is that we have taken everything we have learned and we are applying that to a situation to make a decision.

Interestingly, as far back as the 1970s, Yale University did a study on intuition (using non-verbal cues). The researchers found that highly intuitive subjects made decisions quickly, but couldn’t really state what the rationale was for the decision. But the level of accuracy was no less than those who were non-intuitive and made decisions based on facts and observations.

So what does all of this mean? Essentially, the more experienced we become, the better our intuition (which is really a form of pattern recognition) becomes. It is more reliable, and more likely to identify situations where the facts, as presented, don’t necessarily point to the best decision. If you have made a bad decision, and your intuition told you not to do it, learn from that mistake. Begin to trust your intuition, and use it as part of your decision-making process.

taken from http://ceosuccesscoach.com

Can Anyone……?????

After twenty something years teaching and consulting with business professionals and everyday people, I hear the same questions again and again.  They are asked by clients, strangers, business professionals, pet with pets, people who hear me speak at a   professional organization meeting

It is mainly adults, those people old enough to buy liquor and old enough to vote, who ask the questions.  No, it is not the pimply or gawky or idealistic teenagers who want to know.  No, it is not children who will in a few short blink of the eyelids be entering high school and will experience changing hormones. No not they who live in bodies that are strangers to them.  No, again, it is not the little ones who hug stuff animals close to them at night or walk on public streets with these best friends who don’t breathe or talk back, but are trusted confidants nonetheless.  Nor do the pets who share their affections and companionship with their two legged friends ask “those” questions.”  No, these are the ones who seem to implicitly understand that intuition, the gift of insight, is a birthright.  It is in our cells and not to long after we come into the world, it is operating at full capacity to help us survive  in the world.

Think about it,  Wee little beings rely on gut instincts to provide information about who is safe and trustworthy.  Little ones are dependent upon others for their very survival.  It is my belief that our senses rise to the occasion to protect us and oversee our care.  This process is done automatically without conscious efforts.  Newborns don’t say “okay intuition, tell me what do?  Let me know who I can trust to take care of my basic needs.”  Intuition is working full time because it recognizes that it is important and needed.

Unlike animals  who rely and utilize their instincts throughout their lifetime, humans often unconsciously abandon this beloved friend and ally.  No, it isn’t something we decide to stop using.  No, it usually is a more subtle process that begins as we age and live in a society that prefers “the facts.”  Sometimes, people feel pressured to throw out their instincts in order to provide others with concrete explanations rather than ones that are based on seemingly nebulous feelings and thoughts.  Sometimes people are afraid of negative responses from others if it is revealed that intuition is part of the decision-making process.

Times are changing and more and more intuition is receiving the recognition that it deserves.  Still many don’t trust.  Still many are embarrassed to let others know that they do a gut check before making an important business or personal decision.  It is getting easier to actively and openly develop and utilize one’s inner wisdom.

Yet, I am still asked the question.  Depending upon how ti is positioned, it comes from the same curiosity and longing to take advantage of this innate gift.  Sometimes people who don’t quite know what to ask or even what to say  manage to blurt out “Can any one do It?”  The question REALLY is can anyone learn to use their intuition?   I guess if one has to ask, it still is an enigma which is the truth of the matter.  Actually, someone once described intuition as “a feeling or a thought but there did it come from?”

I m hoping that in twenty years, fewer people ask the question.  In its place, the question will be replaced with anecdotes about giving intuition credit for what it is-an invaluable ally, a true friend.  Don’t leave home without it.

Intuition- An Inner Knowing

• • Intuition

    an inner knowing

Intuition is a way of knowing without being given verbal information. It is a way of knowing without knowing the facts. It is a way of knowing that comes from feeling. When a person says they have a “gut feeling” about something, they are usually referring to their intuition. It is the intelligence behind feeling. It is an ordinary ability we all have but one that frequently gets lost due to lack of use and the over use of rationality which we have in our society at this time.

In order to be in touch with it we need to be in touch with our feelings. It is felt. “Move away from this person”, our intuition will tell us. “Do not get on that plane” it will say. (I recently read that more people cancel their flights on planes that end in disaster than on any other!)

Unfortunately we live in a society which does not value intuition. We do not give our children instruction on how they can listen to themselves and get the answer that is right for them. When we do find ourselves feeling something is wrong we are often confused as to whether we should trust our feelings or not.

The more we are in contact with our inner feeling self, the more we will be in touch with it. Sometimes it is difficult to be sure whether it is our intuition speaking to us or simply anxiety. Other times it is absolutely obvious that it is intuition. It is obviously intuition when it is a feeling. Risk checking this out for yourself. You will soon know how reliable yours is. When having an emotional reaction however, particularly fear it can be difficult to know whether it is intuition or whether it is simply anxiety.

This difficulty comes about because feelings and emotionsare not the same thing. Our feelings are felt in our entire body, they are genuine, real and trustworthy. They are out greatest friend, warning us of dangers and leading us towards fulfilment. Emotions on the other hand are our reactions to what is happening. They too are very important to us. If we want our communications with people to be open and clear then we need to be actively in touch with our emotions as well.The problem with emotions is that frequently we carry around a large bag of memories and dumped emotions from past situations where we have been unable to effectively express our self. When we come up against a situation which has even the vaguest resemblance, we can react “as if” it was the previous situation. It is very important therefore to clear outstanding issues, so that what we are dealing with is the present one. Without doing this, it is possible to deceive yourself that your intuition is telling you something about someone, which absolutely does not belong to them at all!

It does appear that we may inherently differ to the degree that we experience feelings and emotions. Astrology seems to suggest this. My astrological chart, for instance, describes me as a psychic sponge, picking up all the feelings which are going around and I must say this fits in with my experience of myself. I am not alone. Many people find that they pick up on other people’s feelings in an undifferentiated way. This is not a pleasant experience at all and can lead to the person feeling completely drained and unsure what feelings belong to them and what to others.

The solution however, whether our problem is that we find it difficult to be in touch with our own feelings or we find ourselves picking up all the feelings which are going around is the same. Being in touch with our inner feeling self and if necessary working through past memories will solve the situation. If you are aware of what you yourself feel and you feel another feeling coming from somewhere else, you know it belongs to them and not to you.

Intuition is an inner knowing. It is an inner resource. It is a healthy, clear, intelligent, felt sense of knowing which is available to us all. In order to be in touch with it in a grounded way we need to learn to be open to ourselves and to trust ourselves. We need to be able to clear away garbage which we have carried from past hurts which stops us from being able to respond appropriately to the present situation. Everything on this site is geared to helping a person be in touch with their inner resources and therefore their intuition.

Meditation can calm the mind and bring you more in touch with the now and your inner feeling self.

Good counselling can provide a place to both deal with issues from the past or present which trouble you and also provide a place for you to re-assess yourself and gain access to inner resources you might not even have known you had.

Focusing is a method to help you be in touch with your body’s felt sense and find answers which are right for you. It can work alongside therapy or on its own. It is something you can teach yourself to do or do with others.

Because feelings are so connected to intuition check out ourFeelings and emotions page.Intuition is one of the greatest benefits which we receive when we get back in touch with our own inner resources and autonomy.

 

http://www.creative-personal-growth.com/intuition.html

 

Pets for Depression and Health

Can your depression problems improve when you interact with your pet?

By Kathleen Doheny

WebMD Feature

Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

Traffic was unbearable, the workday was long, and the boss unreasonable. But minutes later, as your pet dog wags his tail and yips his welcome, your symptoms of depression lift.

It’s not a coincidence, according to psychologists, veterinarians, and researchers, who concur that pets can be good for our mental and physical health. A pet can’t cure symptoms of depression, of course, nor is a pet a substitute for medication or talk therapy. But a pet can help to improve mild or moderate depression in many people, experts agree, as well as provide other benefits, such as better sleep and overall health.

You Don’t Have to Live With Depression

Understand the symptoms of depression, from sadness to hopelessness to headache.

•                Depression Myths and Facts

•                What’s Causing Your Depression?

•                Getting Help: Where You Can Look

•                Questions to Ask Your Doctor

•                18 Positive Steps to Feel Better

 

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Pets and Depression: What Therapists Say

Pets offer psychological and physical comfort, says Teri Wright, PhD, a psychologist in Santa Ana, Calif., who keeps a parakeet and two hamsters in her office to break the ice with children she treats — but finds that adults like them, too.

Pets, she says, “just feel good to hold on to.” Psychologically, she says, “they make you feel important, like you matter.” How, for instance, could you not feel better when your dog wags his tail and pants upon your return, even if you’ve just returned from a half-hour errand?

Wright has two guinea pigs, Dex (for Dexedrine, the ADHD drug) and Zac (short for Prozac), and feels pretty important when they squeal upon her return home. “No one else gives them parsley,” she says of their favorite snack.

The Power of Pets for Improving Your Mood and Health

The power of pets in improving mood can be summed up in two words, says Alan Entin, PhD, a psychologist in Richmond, Va.: “Unconditional love.”

Dogs, in particular, are always glad to see you, he notes. “When you are feeling down and out, the puppy just starts licking you, being with you, saying with his eyes, ‘You are the greatest.’ When an animal is giving you that kind of attention, you can’t help but respond by improving your mood and playing with it.”

Besides unconditional loves, a pet relieves loneliness, Entin points out. Depression and loneliness can go together as people withdraw.  ”For many people pets are the only relatives they have. It relieves their loneliness. People with animals tend to relate to them and they feel better.”

Having a pet takes the focus off the owner’s problems, Entin says, since having a pet is a commitment–you need to feed and care for the pet. “When people have a pet in the house, it forces them to take care of another life,” Entin says. With the focus outward, he says, the pet owner may not dwell on their depressed mood as much.

The pet doesn’t have to be a dog or a cat. British psychiatrist Camilla Haw, in fact, recommends pet parrots as ideal pets for some patients with symptoms of depression. “I have kept pet parrots for 20 years and can recommend them for the house bound, the lonely and patients with depression, especially middle-aged women suffering from the ‘empty nest syndrome,’” she writes in Psychiatric Bulletin. The birds can be loyal, loving, and provide good companionship, she says.

ets often serve as confidantes, says Bonnie V. Beaver, DVM, a professor of veterinary medicine at Texas A&M University.

Pets also can increase social exposure for their owners — another good way to boost mood, she says.  Dogs need walks, and that gets their owners out with other people, inspiring social contacts.

“People talk to people with animals,” she says, more so than people without pets.

Easing Stress With Your Pet

Pets help your mental health primarily by decreasing your stress, believes Richard Timmins, DVM, of Camano Island, Wash., and director of the Association for Veterinary Family Practice. Just petting  your animals can be soothing, he and others say.

Having a pet in the house can change the entire ambience, as Timmins has discovered. His parents, when they were both 83, decided to adopt a “boutique mutt,” a shih tzu-bichon mix.  Timmins and his four siblings were concerned that the puppy would be too much work.

“My mother had difficulty with mobility and we worried the dog would trip her,” he says. “My dad had had cardiac problems and a hip replaced.”

Turns out, the dog was anything but a problem. While his parents weren’t depressed, they had become less interested in activities, Timmins says. The dog changed all that. “Now they are outside walking the dog a couple times a day. It has given my mother and father topics to discuss with golf buddies.”

Pets and Health: The Research

Studies about the mental health and physical health benefits of pets abound.  Among the more recent findings:

•                The overall health of dog owners is better than those who don’t have dogs, according to a study that evaluated women ages 25 to 40 in China.  Half of the 3,031 women owned dogs and half did not. Those who had dogs exercised more often, slept better, reported better fitness levels and fewer sick days, and saw their doctors less often. The study is in Social Indicators Research.

•                Pets provide opportunities for social contact, according to a study in Social Science & Medicine, and that can be good for someone down in the dumps.  Researchers asked 339 adults in Western Australia about their social contact and pet ownership. The pet owners interacted more with neighbors than non-owners.

•                Having a dog — and petting it — may be good for your cardiovascular system, although this research has yielded mixed results. In one study, however, pet owners had lower blood pressure and blood fat levels than non-owners, researchers report in the Medical Journal of Australia. Other research hasn’t found a difference in blood pressure levels among pet owners and non-owners.

Pets and Depression: Caveats

Pets help most when symptoms of depression are mild or moderate, psychologists say.

“If you are already so depressed you can’t take care of yourself, having an animal is going to make it worse,” says Wright.

Another caveat: If someone is not a “pet person,” getting one is not likely to help improve their life, says Timmins. “There are some people who have not had that pet experience growing up,” he says. “They’ve never had a relationship with an animal. They would be less likely to benefit.”

“But if the conditions are right, pets can help mental health,” he says. “The benefits have been shown for all kinds of pets,” he said, not just dogs and cats. Even watching fish in an aquarium has been shown to help reduce muscle tension and pulse rate, he says, citing research published nearly 20 years ago.

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Pets Really Do Seem To Know

This little guy has a heart bigger than his size.

You might have to see him in action to be convinced of natural ability to be aware of the seniors and other adults around him.   Yes, he is very cute.  Yes, sometimes people look at him and are not sure exactly what he is. “Is that a dog?”  ”What is it?”  Most people know that it is something living because he moves. His legs are way too big for the rest of his body and his moves command attention as one naturally notices that something is not in proportion.  Spend a little time with Buddy and you too will find him endearing.   He seems to have a sense of who needs him and how to be with each person.  He can comfortably sit on laps or  be still so that he can be admired from close and afar.

Service Dog In Eugene, Oregon- Controversy

 

EUGENE, Ore. – Everywhere Hollie Macdonald goes, her dog Daphne is right by her side.

The Eugene resident was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder a few years ago. “I’m a survivor of sexual assault, that’s where the PTSD comes from,” Macdonald said.

Triggers like loud noises and crowds can cause Macdonald to have panic attacks and anxiety on a daily basis.

That’s where Daphne steps in.

“She helps me focus when I’m stressed out in public,” she said.

Daphne is a psychiatric service animal, traveling with Macdonald to the store and on public transportation.

But a month ago, Macdonald said, she was refused service by employees at a Eugene Dari Mart. The employee also questioned the dog’s service standing – and the owner’s disability – by saying, ‘”‘Oh, what is she gonna do? Go get that candy bar for you?” Macdonald recalled.

Local dog trainer Harold Hansen tells us that shouldn’t have happened. He said federal law prohibits businesses from asking why someone needs a service animal.

“The people in the store or the hotel or the restaurant can’t ask what’s your disability; that’s still illegal,” Hansen said. “But they can ask, ‘What job does your dog do?’”

Hansen says the dog must also do a job, meaning it has to assist the owner in some way. And that “way” can be anything from pulling a wheelchair to helping PTSD survivors through their day.

Macdonald said she hopes her experience will help educate others.

“I’m not blind, I’m not in a wheelchair, I don’t have an apparent physical disability,” she said. “I just feel like people need to know that there are lots of other things service animals do.”

A spokeswoman for Dari Mart told KATU’s Eugene sister station, KVAL, that its stores follow all state and national guidelines. The spokeswoman also said Dari Mart has signs clearly posted in all of its stores welcoming service animals.

 

http://www.katu.com/news/local/105605608.html