Bring me a toy.
What we feel confined only if we accept it
-KT Cat Paws
Miss Mattie says…
This is my Ode to the lid on the litter box of life.
I got up in the dark and went into my cat box to do my business. It is not uncommon for me to be sleepy-eyed cat padding to purpose in the wee hours of the morning. So, imagine my surprise when I started to scratch the litter away and my head butted a wall.
Then my butt got stuck in the corner of my box.
Whoa!
When I kicked the litter, it had no place to go so instead it just fell back onto my beautiful fur.
It seems my cat box had a lid. Perhaps it wasn’t as dark as I thought it was.
I was confined; in a litter box with a lid and really high walls.
When did this happen? Why wasn’t I consulted first?
This is disturbing.
I love boxes, but my litter box is not a box, or is it? It is the place I can really be a cat; to share my brilliance with others. Humans watch, I have seen them.
I protest. I just may sit upon this lid and meow my protest. Maybe I will also ponder these wall and lid of reality that has been put upon me.
As I ponder, I notice my human put a rug in front of my box.
Sneaky yet very classy; nice touch.
I now realize that walls and lids have two reasons. To keep something in, or keep something out.
What is the purpose here? I suppose if it is to keep things in, I can go around that by kicking the litter out the door instead of against the wall. It would give me more room inside and make a nice step getting in and out.
It may just give that rug a little color interest.
If it is to keep something in, I can do that too. This will be a place I can hide from my human. She can’t find me here, I will be stealth and zen at the same time.
Either way, I win. Human is not so smart, I have accepted this new box. We shall keep the lid.
Mr Bailey’s wise cat wisdom
Now that you have a lid, you have another place to sit. You can see a few different perspectives sitting on top of your lid. This is good.
From this perspective maybe you can see that this lid and wall of illusion has made you feel boxed in and the attempt at removing this box has made you over-think the lid situation.
Now you need to figure what is it that you have a lid and a wall around. Maybe it is your mindset, your heart or maybe your maybe it is a lid to keep in your cat attitude. For you Miss Mattie, I can see that.
We still love you.
“If you can break down the wall that is within; you will feel spacious no matter where you are.”