The children sat on the grass and watched their dog mooch around. Sniffing the tree trunks, bushes and the corners of the strange white building that didn’t seem to house anything. Perhaps it was a storeroom in times gone by.

‘Imagine being a dog’

‘Woof’ Rebecca replied

‘Very funny, no imagine, not having to think’

‘I am pretty sure dogs think Sarah’

‘No, like just thinking now… oh smell that, oh that smells better, oh actually I think another dog is coming.’ She mimicked the nose of their dog sniffing the air. ‘Just thinking of what is in the now, what is there.’ She paused as Muji came back from around the white building carrying a stick. ‘See look, he just lives for the now.’

‘And your point being?’ Rebecca asked

‘I just wish I could live for now and not have to worry about the future or the past. I just want to hunt for sticks.’

‘Hmmmm…’ Rebecca mused. ‘That’s what all those self help, meditation apps tell you, live in the moment, but it’s not really that easy. You have lots of stuff going on, exams, Brian, Mum’s birthday, A-level choices, things as simple as what to wear to church next Sunday. Muji just has, where is my next meal coming from?’

‘But that’s my point, what if we could stop worrying about all those things and just work on instinct, you know stop questioning if one way is better or the other. How cool would that be?’

Rebecca smiled, ‘I reckon we would end up with a lot of bad decisions!’

They giggled together… ‘Like splitting up with Brian.’

‘Or buying Mum tickets for Spice Girls’. They laughed louder.

‘I think she would actually quite like the Spice Girls concert.’

‘Yea your right… See perhaps instinct is a good idea.’