Reminder Lessons From My Cats

gloriajh

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Today, through my own fault, the washing machine leaked all over the laundry room floor. I had to take the cat litter cabinet, and many other things, out into the hall in order to get to all the water under and behind the machine. What a mess! Stuff all over the place! Ugh!

While I was grumping about all the mess I couldn't help but notice that the cats thought all this "new" relocated stuff was the greatest fun to climb over, and play around - including the new location of their litter pan.


Lesson:
- sometimes my mess is someone else's fun - it's fun to share
- not to take life so seriously - it can be fun if I'll let it,
... so I should be glad for the opportunity to laugh at those silly, delightful cats showing me the way to a better day


They remind me about so many things about life - I'm blessed to live with these lively reminders - stress is a killer and the cats certainly remind me about what is truly not a big deal.
 

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I agree whole-heartedly!!


Everything I need to know about life I learned from my cats
 
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gloriajh

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Originally Posted by LDG

Great post - and SO true!

Sorry about the washing machine leak....
Thanks for your sympathy.


I knew when I was putting the laundry (large mattress cover, and towels, and sheets) into the washer there might be a problem. The water was hitting the mattress cover and bouncing out of the washer drum into the inside of the washer. (It's kinda hard to explain where the water was going - oh well, doesn't really matter anyway.
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I disregarded that little small voice warning me, and paid the price.


Well, the floor under the washer is now clean, and the laundry room is a little more tidy - and the cats had some fun - life is good.
 

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Originally Posted by GloriaJH

Lesson:
- sometimes my mess is someone else's fun - it's fun to share
- not to take life so seriously - it can be fun if I'll let it,
... so I should be glad for the opportunity to laugh at those silly, delightful cats showing me the way to a better day
What a terrific lesson to get from your kitties! They're going to be waiting for you to do it again.
 

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When I was having some construction done in my house, I had to move one of their litter pans. I put it temporarily in the middle of my living room floor until I found a better place to put it. Go figure, there were about 6 cats that immediately used it while in the living room. They thought a litter box where everyone could see them go was the cat's meow!


Yup - new things in life can be fun!
 
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