Litter Box Wisdom -Accepting change

Change is the only thing that is guaranteed in life.

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Litter Box Wisdom-Accepting change…gracefully.

Miss Mattie says…

I don’t like change.

I deal with wit it cause my human changes my life around all the time. I understand the whole impermanence part of “here today, gone tomorrow”  but she keeps making other changes to things that I were working fine before she changed them. Like my litter box, she added the lid, and the rug. And one day the color was different. Even the wall were higher. I wasn’t consulted first and I wasn’t happy. 

Last night, she made another change to my box when I wasn’t around.

I got up this morning and found she moved it up again the wall….again.

Now when I use my box, my head will lean on the wall. Really?

Do they want me to fall asleep standing up? 

Is this funny to them?

Do I look like I need a head rest? This is not a car.

I am glad I didn’t miss the box this morning. I am not a morning cat so I tend to pad to my box with sleepy cat eyes. I don’t understand why our human doesn’t change stuff in the daylight when I can see what she is doing.

I bet it is because I will sit in protest…in the box. I will put on my pink cape and fight against that evil thing called change! 

If this is not disturbing enough, last week the humans were moving around chairs to clean the floor with the evil vacuum. I had to hid for a bit as my tail is precious and I didn’t want it sucked into that vacuum of non-existence.  I swear it is a black hole

 When I went to evaluate t0 see what moved, I realized they moved the coffee table. My coffee table! The one I sit on that is right in from of the TV. Yes, my favorite spot.

I can star into the eyes of the human as she watches TV. She keeps telling me I block her view.  

I know I gained some weight but as big as a TV? I don’t think so.

You would think with her wide human eyes that she could see around me, but I guess not. Besides, who would want to look at a TV when you can look at me?

I am much more entertaining.

Somethings should just be left alone. Even the soft blanket that I lay on is not on the bed. All of these changes make me wonder if I am going to be changed next. I hope she doesn’t replace my litter box. I happen to like it now, it is all bedazzled.  I was hoping to monogram it with my name next week.  

I noticed she didn’t touch Mr. Baileys cushion. Of course not. He is immune to change. It just flows over him not even gracing his paw. Amazing and weird. 

All this change is making me not want to be a zen cat. I want to be mad about all of these change! 

So, I have decided that I am going to be a cat who will defy change in her life and within herself.  

As for the litter head rest, I have gotten used to it, but I almost fell asleep against the wall…again. 

 

Mr. Bailey, wise cat wisdom

Hi Miss Mattie.

I know this is hard, but if there is one lesson in life it is to accept and embrace change.

Change is the yin/yang of life. Days turn into night and night turns into day. Change is constant. When you try to control change, you will fail. Control does not “change” change; it creates more change, more resistance.

Be patient, stop fighting against it and realize that we all change. Everything does.

When we allow change, especially change on the inside, we will grow. Yes, I know you are not going to get bigger, but your heart and mind can open up when you accept the changes in your life. That is a good thing.