I had an enormous black cat we named Bandit when we rescued him. He had one small spot of white on his chest. He was a very chill cat, but shortly after we got him he got the zoomies and ran up my husband’s arm and through a picture window opening in wall. The person who gave him to me said, “Oh, yeah. That might have been because the couple who had him were getting a divorce and the man wasn’t very nice.”
He turned out to be quite a sweetheart, even if he was aloof much of the time. He wasn’t a lap cat, except while I was pregnant. After our son was born, he wanted to sleep in the crib with him, which naturally scared me. He seemed to have this bond with our newborn. He would often climb onto the bed with our son when he was a toddler and into his early teens.
It was so sad when he passed, but we’d had the joy of his company for 15 years. We still miss that big boi.
Maybe. It's a worthy goal, for sure. But as long as we're living in ways that don't hurt each other, and as long as we look for ways to be of help or service, I'd be happy with that. And I don't think there's anything wrong with receiving an unanticipated reward for that kind of life, as long as we're not "being good" for "treasures in heaven." We're doing it for love.
I had an enormous black cat we named Bandit when we rescued him. He had one small spot of white on his chest. He was a very chill cat, but shortly after we got him he got the zoomies and ran up my husband’s arm and through a picture window opening in wall. The person who gave him to me said, “Oh, yeah. That might have been because the couple who had him were getting a divorce and the man wasn’t very nice.”
He turned out to be quite a sweetheart, even if he was aloof much of the time. He wasn’t a lap cat, except while I was pregnant. After our son was born, he wanted to sleep in the crib with him, which naturally scared me. He seemed to have this bond with our newborn. He would often climb onto the bed with our son when he was a toddler and into his early teens.
It was so sad when he passed, but we’d had the joy of his company for 15 years. We still miss that big boi.
It may not exist, but it's something to strive for, I believe.
Maybe. It's a worthy goal, for sure. But as long as we're living in ways that don't hurt each other, and as long as we look for ways to be of help or service, I'd be happy with that. And I don't think there's anything wrong with receiving an unanticipated reward for that kind of life, as long as we're not "being good" for "treasures in heaven." We're doing it for love.