Never Say Forever

 

When you are going about in your day to day life, do you search for the lessons in what’s happening to you personally? Here are 3 surprising insights I received while kitty sitting recently.

 

Never Say Forever

As a child I grew up with kitties and absolutely adored having them as pets and also seeing them when I would interact with them at other people’s homes.

Then one day as an adult, I went to the doctor to check on the possibility of me having seasonal allergies from pollen, to find out that I was deathly allergic to cats!

In fact, the doctor told me that I should never stay at anyone’s home that has a cat because my throat would close. He wanted me to be sure I understood the magnitude of my allergy.

I did my thing and stayed clear of cats best as I could and when I did visit a cat owner’s home briefly, my eyes would be running and I would be sneezing uncontrollably. I learned to stay clear of cat owner’s homes. Never say forever.

Fast forward a couple of decades later, and I was offered to cat sit for a friend and all was well. I enjoyed almost two glorious weeks of connecting with this gorgeous and loving kitty.

 

 

In Relationships too…

When it comes to family estrangement, many believe it is a forever thing. For some it may be and for some it may not.

What is the focus on? Are we putting all of our energy pushing it to happen a certain way? Once we stop obsessing about certain ways that we want things to be, we can let things happen organically. It may or it may not work out. What energy are we giving it?

 

 

Speaking of Energy

Another thing I learned from kitty sitting is that I could not go after her wanting to pet her. I had to wait for her to approach me. When she was ready…boy was she ready!

Think about the people in your life. Are you chasing after them trying to get them to ‘understand’ you? Try releasing the need of going after them. When and if the time is right, it will happen. It’s not up to us. In previous posts I have made reference to the fact that we can’t change other people and how they act, we can only change our reaction.

 

 

Are you listening?

There were times when the kitty would meow and meow and meow. I thought I knew what was best for her. I filled her food and water dish and I cleaned out her litter box and I would try to get her to play with her toys.

What she really wanted was to be heard. Are we REALLY listening to the other person or do we go ahead with what we believe is the best answer?

 

 

If we are open to seeing them, there are lessons bountiful in all of our activities. What is a lesson you learned recently from a place you never expected? Please share in the comments below.