THE CAT WHO TAUGHT ME TO MOVE ON

I was on my way to Sabbath service when the cat snuggled round my feet. I almost tripped over, yet I remembered reading somewhere that a cat comes near a person that is rather warm and friendly. I stopped to consider, I am not exactly what the article said but that very moment I was lonely and i asked myself is the cat lonely like me? I stopped for a short time but really I need to hurry or I will miss the bus, but the cat kept catching up with my boots. I was caught between exasperation and amazement anyway I had to head my way or cancel the thing i have specially set for the morning.

The next day, as I opened the curtains of the glass walls of my room, the cat was outside lying on its side. It made me wonder, cats and dogs do not stray in this part of the world. Where could this cat's owner be, or was the cat really looking for me? i was tempted to let the cat in, but i never had so much affinity with such creatures and i decided against the impulse.

days after then, i saw the cat again. i tried to touched its belly with my foot. maybe it was the fact that i was alone and yearning for company that somehow drove my feelings to the animal. what, if the cat was a human being? will i learn to love it despite all the prejudices stacked in my thoughts? days passed and one summer morning i walked down the familiar road when i saw the cat lifeless on the street. my heart seem to come up to my throat ... poor thing ... had i cared and made friends with the cat ... could i have spared it from the fate ??? if we shared some warm and lovely moments together will it be still alive?.

i come to think of how sometimes we care for people who never even care a bit about us in return ... of how they just take and even ask for what we have and never even feel any gratitude for the goodwill they get ... to everyone i come across ... i tend to treasure and cherish even felt pain for their absence or loss. now was a friendly cat that came to me which i never spared enough time.

somehow the cat made me realized how it feels to disregard friendship ... i did shed some tears for friendship that cheated me which i do not regret ... if people do not value me as one i know it does not make me a lesser than human ... i felt guilty for the cat ... but the opportunity to love had gone and lost forever ... the cat is dead but now i must move on.