I’d bet that there aren’t many cats who hear this accusation, “Kumbaya! You just don’t get it!” That’s because cats get it just fine. I’ll explain.
There’s this neighborhood cat that’s been hanging out on my back deck for the past few evenings. Yesterday evening the cat was there, loosely curled in one of the deck’s far corners. It remained in that position the entire time I made dinner. During dinner, I started watching an episode of Due South, a show from the 90′s about a Mountie and his wolf who find themselves living in Chicago.
Some few minutes into the show, I returned to the kitchen and the cat was still out there, still snoozing happily. After the show was over, I again returned to the kitchen and there was the cat, its head lazily lifted and peering squinty-eyed at me through the door. I continued with my after dinner cleanup, and the kitty, having decided everything was still okay in its world, put its head back down and continued its restful occupation.
For over an hour at least, that cat was out there resting, happy, and relaxed. The cat was enjoying the here and now, content, and living in the moment.
In stark contrast, many of us humans feel obligated to keep busy for the sake of busyness, to “do! do! do!” every moment of every day, twenty four by seven. We do not slow down to think, to dream, to meditate, or to just be.
The cats get it. Unfortunately, we don’t.
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If I tried to go out to feed or do anything with that cat, it would be off that deck in a blur! I’m surprised it doesn’t get more antsy when it sees me through the door.
(Plus, there’s a spider web across the door that, barring an emergency, I haven’t wanted to disturb.
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