Mz Paws' Law #1, Part B: Elucidation

NEVER WORK IF YOU CAN HELP IT

Please refer to my previous post on my 9 Laws For Good Living, and the post in which I elucidate Part A of Law #1. Part A deals with the paradoxical statement that "all cats must work." (Also see Page 3.)

Part B of Law #1 is really very simple. We cats ARE NOT RATS, and therefore should never, ever even for one single eeensy, teensy moment become one. Rats are always scuttling about, noses to the ground, never stopping for a moment to sniff the air or see if there's a fly to chase or a lap to sit on. Rats always look as if they're racing somewhere, but I'm telling you, they never, ever, even for one single eeensy, teensy moment, get ANYWHERE. There's been a lot of research about this, and I've read it all. So I'm doing you a favor by telling you if you should ever feel that you've become part of this sort of RAT RACE, GET OUT NOW!

It's easier to get out than you think. Just look around. Find something you enjoy doing, like playing with some string. Sure, it might take some mental energy to remember where you last saw a piece of string, but just think of the reward. YOU GET TO WORK AT PLAYING WITH THE STRING!

Part B of Law #1 really just means, to use a popular phrase: FOLLOW YOUR BLISS. Then work becomes play. It becomes non-work.

It works for me.

Now that I've found my string, I'm off to work with it! Oh, btw, my human is back, so my "Staycation" is over. I used the scratching post this morning instead of the side of the couch. A small concession on my part, but a necessary one. After all, relationships are all about give and take.

Adios, mes amigos. And remember to wish that all beings -- including rats -- are able to follow their bliss today!

Mz Paws' Law #1, Part A: Elucidation

NEVER WORK IF YOU CAN HELP IT

Mz Paws' Law #1

Part A

Law #1 can easily be misinterpreted. For clarity's sake, I have divided my elucidation of this Law into sections. We will discuss Part A today.

Part A. All cats must work.

This statement may seem paradoxical. However, Law #1 is not, repeat not, recommending laziness, sloth, indolence, inactivity, loafing or otherwise occupying oneself as a scofflaw.

We are all born into different litters and different Lives. Some of us have lived only One Life, some are all the way up to Nine. Some of us are born into privilege, some into poverty.

Regardless of our station in our current Life, we all have work. For example: We must eat. Our feral friends must catch their food; some of us need only rub a human leg to receive a fab treat. These are but two examples of a cat's daily work.

But how do we go about working?

Do we scuttle about frantically? Do we slink around like a criminal? Do we feel caught in the -- I will say it -- RAT RACE?

You do not need to feel like a RAT. I will explain this when we discuss Part B of Law #1. For now, I encourage you to turn to Page 3 while I begin my own important work of grooming my coat.

A bientot, as my French friends say.