Lessons learnt from the kittens

Some of you know we have just acquired a couple of little heart-stealing kittens, Rambo & Roxie.  In only two weeks they have gone from hiding when we enter the room to rushing to the door each time we go pass hoping that we will come and play.  They basically have have three phases:-

• Sleeping
• Eating
• Playing

In phase three, they take turns careening round the room chasing after each other and reversing roles of aggressor and victim.  They leap up and explore every surface, climb everything climbable and practice hunting and stalking every manner of moving thing.  In other words, they are using every waking moment to practicing being the very best cats they can become.  I wonder what we would be like if we invested this amount of energy into perfecting ourselves… Saints?  Angels?  Gods??

They express joy in every movement and evoke it in us.  What a gift!  In seeking to become the very best us we can become, I wonder if we evoke anything like this?  

“Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers and teachers.”  Richard Bach

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