Mr. Bailey with his blue eyes of wonder
Thursday Cat thoughts
The closed window and Zen
By Mr. Bailey, the Zen Cat
I am perplexed that the window I sit in is open one minute then closed the next.
I find peace in that window as I get to gaze out upon the neighborhood.
I love to feel the breeze on my nose as I loose my thoughts to the wind.
When it rains my furr and thoughts get wet too. I don’t mind this as I am waterproof.
Rain is a good way to wash away what you don’t need.
Unfortunately, this is when the window of enlightenment gets closed.
Too bad my human doesn’t let it wash away her attitude about closing the window.
It seems the human also closes the windows when it gets cold.
I enjoy a little shutter of cold.
It opens my senses and makes me feel more alive.
Besides, my cushion of contentment is cozy and my heart is warm & open to the experience of the chill in the air.
I find when this window is closed, my thoughts sometimes get stuck on the window. The dirty window.
I see the reflection of my past staring back at me an I can get stuck looking back at my blue eyes for the answer.
Actually, I think I found a recurrent thought that fell off the window and onto the window sill.
Oh wait, that might have been a bug.
Miss Mattie tells me that I really need to find a bigger window to gaze out of.
She says that this one is rather small and it doesn’t have the best view of what I am trying to see.
I told her it doesn’t matter.
What I am trying to see is not outside the window- it is within me.
I told her there is spaciousness in a small window and there is spaciousness in her too.
(well, sometimes)
Oh well, from now until the spring I guess will be embracing the warmth and Zen of the fireplace.