arvinddevalia/blog/2013/11/22/more-love/ This past Friday I tagged my dear friend Arvind in a truthbomb post I had seen from another motivating mentor of mine Danielle LaPorte, that post was write like fire. This post quickly evolved into a wonderful coincidence, or what I personally would label a occurrence of intuition. At that very moment, Arvind, who is in fact an amazing author in his own right was writing a new blog to post on his Make It Happen website. So obviously when he informed me that he was in fact Writing like Fire at that moment I had seen Danielles post and thought of him I was amused and filled with joy to learn on some unknown level we had shared that connection. This link I share is in fact the blog Arvind was working on then and it is in again reading it once more tonight, that I was truly enlightened in another realization in my own lifes events. A week before Friday 11/22/2013 in my own life something deeply sad had taken place, my oldest cat, Tux, who had been ill for months and only getting worse had reached a level of suffering that my family and I could no longer bear to watch. Despite my deepest hopes and prayers he would get better and after taking him to a rather inept vet a month earlier, it was crystal clear to us that at this point Tux himself was deciding it was becoming to difficult to fight the cancer that was eating away at his once strong yet very sensitive and gentle body and soul. Tux was one of the two cats I still had that had moved with me from my hometown in Michigan in 2005. He was a very loving and truly caring being his entire life. He was the type of companion that put our happiness and well being ahead of everything else. When someone in our family was ill he was the little friend that would lay by our sides until he could feel we were indeed well again, it was also the same if one of us was emotionally taxed, if there was crying he was in some way always there to help catch and dry our tears, if any of us were arguing and voices were raised in anger and frustration he would try to get in between whoever was fighting and stop the yelling and tension by showing us love and affection to calm the storm. And it was because of these actions throughout his beautiful life he shared with us that made it so very hard to in a sense give up on him and give him the peace he so badly needed from us now. I didnt want to admit it at the time but this was so selfish of me to keep him with us and demand he get better so that he could keep being there for us even at a time when he needed us so much more. It was in this selfish anger we finally decided to grant him the final peace that he couldnt vocally ask for from us and we let his soul go to heaven. I know at this point youre thinking ok, so your cat was old and ill and what does this have to do with Arvinds blog. The truth is Tux lived his life for love and the beings he embraced all around him the entire 12 years he shared with us. This little creature created by God had been the very image of love and giving Arvind had written about rediscovering in himself in his own life. However, I was still blind to see the connection fully until tonight. I was still blinded by the anger I still felt for having given up on him. But, that same day Arvind wrote this beautiful article, we had to go back to the vet to retrieve his ashes that we had already planned on placing in an urn and keeping him with us forever the only physical way we could. God had a much more wonderful plan for this to happen however as it turns out. When we returned to the animal hospital that Friday the 22nd we were surprised with a very unexpected meeting. The night before a feline rescue organization had asked the animal hospital to please take in and try to adopt out 3 kittens that someone had dumped and they had no foster home they could place the kittens with. This was not something commonly asked of the staff of the hospital at all but they kindly agreed to try to find the kittens a permanent home. That same Thursday a family adopted two of the three and now there was just one left with no certain future. Having never been alone this last kitten was quiet and obviously feeling out of place by the time we met him Friday afternoon. We honestly werent wanting another cat and surely not so soon knowing we could never replace Tux. But, in our saddest moment as we opened the hospital door we came upon the scared and unwanted kitten, and when our eyes met with his in the small cage awkwardly placed blocking half of the waiting room this little scared kitten let out a small but hopeful cry. After that single cry we of course asked what was up with the story of the kitten and when we learned of his unknown future we saw this as a sign from a higher power and Tux to pay it forward and put our hurting hearts aside and rescue the kitten because Tux himself had been a stray we took in. It was never about trying to replace him or get over our sadness with a new cat, only giving love and care to something like we had received from Tux. Now 3 days later and getting to know our new little baby Louis and reading this blog once more that I see it in full circle. This new addition to our family has given us our own true meaning of Arvinds message of what every person and now as I see living being wants is to feel love both giving and getting. This tiny cat has been so grateful and full of unconditional love since we brought him into the house and it has touched me on the same level a young child would. Yes, of course we loved Tux and knew he loved us but the love with this new kitten was created and felt in a much different way. We had always needed Tux and now this baby had no choice but to need us completely very much like a newborn child and it feels amazing to be able to give Louis the love and caring home that he needed and in doing so it has reminded me of that pure joy only love can bring your soul and as Arvind so wonderfully expressed, makes everything else around in your life worthwhile. So in any form you find it love is really what matters to us all from our families and friends even down to the animals we share our world with. Helping another living being and leaving your heart open completely to all forms of love even during the sad moments when you least want to feel it is what is truly one of the greatest joys any person or animal can ever experience and this lesson I now take away is infinitely larger than I could have ever possibly imagined from one of the smallest and simple gesture.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:13:54 +0000
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