MY LITTLE CAT CALLED CASSY. THE VET SAID THAT
THE CAT WAS OUT FOR THE KILL ON MY LITTLE FIVE
POUND CAT. SHE SAT OUTSIDE SUNNING HERSELF
AND THAT CAT CAME INTO MY YARD ATTACKING HER.
THREE DAYS AGO THIS BIG MALE CAT CAME BACK
INTO MY LIFE AND INTO MY YARD.
I HAVE A LITTLE POND THAT GIVES ACCESS TO
THE ANIMALS FOR WATER. I CHASED IT OUT
WITH HATE IN MY HEART. BECAUSE
THAT WAS THE CAT THAT HURT MY LITTLE BABY.
WHAT I NOTICED WAS, IT TRIED TO JUMP
THE FENCE AND FELL DOWN. THE SECOND TRY,
IT WAS ABLE TO PULL HIMSELF OVER THE FENCE.
THE SECOND DAY I CAME HOME . HE WAS
IN THE YARD BY THE POND SUNNYNG HIMSELF.
I DID NOTHING ,JUST TRIED TO WALK
SLOW AS NOT TO BOTHER HIM. HE RAN
AROUND TO THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE HOUSE IN FEAR OF ME.
YESTERDAY I SAW HIM LAYING UNDERNEATH
MY BEDROOM WINDOW. IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE
MY CATS SPOTTED HIM WHILE THEY WERE
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSED, I LOOKED DOWN
AT HIM AND IT SEEMED THE COLD BITTER WINTER
NIGHTS GOT THE BEST OF HIM.
I ALSO COULD SEE THE TOP OF HIS HEAD
WHERE THERE WAS A SLASH MARK.
IT WAS THEN, I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING
TO HELP HIM.
I WENT OUTSIDE AND PLACED FOOD NEAR
HIM. HE DID NOT RUN. JUST LAID THERE.
AS THE NIGHT CAME. HE DID NOT EAT THE
FOOD AND HARDLY MOVED. I FELT HE
WAS GOING TO DIE THAT NIGHT.
LAST YEAR IS WHEN HE ATTACKED MY CASSY.
I DID NOT SEE HIM ANYMORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AFTER THAT.
YET THREE DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH . HE CAME BACK
INTO MY LIFE.
IT ALMOST WAS AS THOUGH HE WAS SAYING
HE WAS SORRY FOR WHAT HE DID.
WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE TO LAY THE DISH OF FOOD BY HIM.
I TOLD HIM I FORGAVE HIM.
THIS MORNING HIS LIFELESS
BODY LAY ON THE GROUND.
OUR LIVES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE CAT THAT
HURT MY LITTLE LOVE. I HELD HATE AND WANTED TO
KILL IT.
YET WHEN IT DIED, I CRIED BURYING IT.
The lesson it taught me is not to really
hate someone or something that hurts you.
Forgiveness is hard to do but once done.
it seems that the wrong doer comes around, in a sense,
seeks forgiveness.
NOTHING IN THIS LIFE IS IMPORTANT TO HURT
SOMEONE. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPOKEN WORDS.
UNSPOKEN WORDS HURT MORE THAN SAYING I HATE YOU.
I HAVE ALWAYS LIVED BY THE RULE :
"NEVER GO TO BED ANGRY AT THE OTHER"
FOR TOMORROW MAY NOT COME
AND THE GUILT ONE WILL CARRY.
IS A HEAVY BURDEN TO CARRY
TO HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THE OTHER
KIND WORDS BEFORE THE NIGHTS SLEEP.
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