Do you ask for what you want? The only way to get what you want is to ask for it. It sounds so basic and yet so often we expect our mind to be read. “If he loves me, he should know what I want.” “I really want that promotion. I’m sure my boss will see that I’m the best person for the job.”
When we don’t get what we want even though we didn’t ask for it, we get all bent out of shape. “I can’t believe he got me THAT!” “Really? I’m am so much more qualified than she is!”
Feline Life Lessons #2 – Take Naps
Cats have it figured out! I look at my cats all the time and wish that if there is a next life that I will come back as a well loved house cat. What a life! Sleep, eat, get love, repeat.
Feline Life Lessons #1
Feline Life Lessons #1: DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY
My chocolate Siamese, Marlowe, has this lesson down. He likes to sleep with me at night. He will snuggle right next to me. If he was bigger, you would say he was spooning. He usually wraps up right behind my knees. Unfortunately sometimes he curls up before I’m completely settled. In these cases he will get moved, bumped and even knocked off the bed while I’m trying to get comfortable. It doesn’t faze him at all. He just keeps coming back and laying down. Eventually, I will be settled and so will he.
Judging Things by Their Skin
I’m certainly not immune judging things by their skin. I’ve met many people that I thought were one way from first impressions and discovered I was completely wrong. Whether it’s the way they dress, how they speak, their face, their gender, their race – there are a lot of outer features we use as guides to make an initial judgement.
The Three Instincts
August has been a month of inspiration for me. I was in Edinburgh, Scotland with my man, sister and brother in law for the first part of the month. In addition to castles, caverns and churches we went to shows at the largest Fringe in the world. That’s a story in and of itself! Then […]