Found a really beautiful post (not mine) at Chive and wanted to share it here. I like the notion that just as our hearts break at their short lives they could marvel over our ageless lives.

Lord Nibbler • a day ago • edited

In the dog world, humans are elves that routinely live to be 500+ years old.
Imagine all the stories they tell about us.

"For generations, he has guarded over my family. For so long we thought him immortal.
But now I see differently, for just as my fur grows gray and my joints grow stiff, so too do his.
He did not take in my children, but gave them away to his. I will be the last that he cares for.
My only hope is that I am able to last until his final moments. The death of one of his kind is so rare.
The ending of a life so long is such a tragedy. He has seen so much, he knows so much.
I know he takes comfort in my presence, I only wish that I will be able to give him this comfort until the end."
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