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A Moment of Cat Zen

Tue, Nov 28, 2006

Awareness

There are lots of things I envy my office cat for. His unhurried schedule for one; if he wants to sleep the day off; he sleeps the day off. His trained office of masseurs for another; all he needs to do to get a good tummy rub is meow.

And you get real envious real quick when you’re sweating down a deadline and he’s sleeping all comfy on the chair next to you!

But as I was rubbing him down the other day, I noticed something new about him. He was enjoying my rub so much, not because I had magical massaging fingers, but because he was totally in the moment of it.

The tummy rub was what was happening right there and then, and he spent it for all it was worth without thought of the future or past.

The office cat getting a nice tummy rub
Who said you could stop?

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7 Comments For This Post

  1. Bernie Says:

    cattitude – the way to enjoy each moment. purrrrrrrrrr… :P

  2. Alvin Soon Says:

    Haha I like that word, Bernie!

  3. Kloudiia Says:

    Erh, is that your hand, Mr A ?

  4. bren Says:

    Oh my gosh !!! He looks so cuteeee ! Yah, it’s my ‘i love cutey cats syndrome’ kicking in again. Then again, much as Momo enjoy getting a tummy rub, I enjoy patting cats too. =)

    Save Lives, Sterlise a Cat !

  5. bren Says:

    Oh Kloudiia, that’s Mr A’s hand cos that’s his ring …

  6. Carolyn Manning Says:

    Alvin,

    That “in the moment” quality of animals is a lesson for us and, on one level, it gives them an edge on us. We know we’re under the care of something much more powerful than human intellect, yet we still try to pull the strings. Animals have enough trust to rest the strings.

    Carolyn

  7. Alvin Soon Says:

    Yup, that’s my hand Kloudiia :)

    I love him dearly too, Bren!

    Absolutely right, Carolyn, their ability to be completely focused is something we humans would do better to recover.

    We also have the advantage at being able to review the past and envision the future :D

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