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Editor and Publisher: Teresa Proudlove

Issue #012 May 30,2005

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Table of Contents

1. Practice Patience, Breathing and Being.

2. Live in the Precious Present Moment.

3. Keep Things in Perspective.

Even if you are not a cat person, bear with me, this goes far beyond cat mania. Our little tabby cat was frightened and highly-sensitive from the day we rescued her from the SPCA, two years ago. No doubt being jailed for four months messed her mind. As we came to learn “Shylo’s” nature she became renamed “Shybaby.”

Extreme patience was the first virtue Shybaby asked of us. We would have to be still, with arm out stretched, finger pointing toward her, and wait for her to rub by our finger numerous times before she would deem to move in closer. Closer contact would have to be her move not ours. If we rushed this timely greeting she fled. (Often this time consuming ritual was far too much for our teenage boy!)

Yet, if we, and particularly myself (as I must admit that little cat really came to dote on me) were too impatient or too busy to spend time with her Shybaby became more skiddish and frightened. Intuitively she knew when I was lost in my hyper, anxious “I have so much to do and so little time” movie, as then, Shybaby fled from my energy. Seeing this I would stop, sit down and practice breathing and being … “kitty meditation.” As I calmed down, kitty calmed down.

Couldn’t we all benefit from practicing more patience and breathing and being?

This sweet little soul has also taught me the preciousness of each moment. As usual, she leaped upon my bed this morning - with uncanny knowing I had just opened my eyes - to give her love greetings. I relish her affection with a heavy heart knowing she is to die tomorrow. She is in the advanced stages of liver cancer, no longer eating, and there is naught else we can do other than love her.

So, this moment with her is so very special because I know it will never be repeated. Soon she will be gone forever from our lives. With bitter-sweet revelation I understand this to be the truth of each single present moment. We only have each moment now, this once, to fully experience and enjoy it, and then it is gone forever. I am chilled by how carelessly we forget this - rushing onto the next thing, consumed with past and future thoughts – missing the only moment we have!

Also, I have my cat to thank for helping me keep things in perspective. Yes, there is a hurt in my heart knowing cancer rages in her body and soon she will be gone yet, I am deeply grateful it is not one of us. Our lives have already been scarred by the presence of cancer. We are deeply grateful as my father-in-law seems to have won his recent round with cancer and we no longer have to visit him at the cancer ward. I am losing my cat but my loved ones are here.

So my friends, remember the teachings of my wise little Zen master, Shybaby:

1. Practice patience in all things.
2. Practice breathing and being.
3. Live in the Precious Present Moment.
4. Keep Things in Perspective.

I hope you enjoyed this e-zine and found it useful. I look forward to hearing from you.

Until next month’s issue,

Warmest regards, Teresa

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