All of us know how lazy a cat can be.
A cat sleeps nearly 18 hours a day, and most of the time you can catch them sleeping at all odd hours.
What are a few lessons we can learn from the lazy cats, except to sleep as and when you can?
The first lesson is on focus.
A cat can focus all his attention on a particular butterfly or bird or other insects. The body of the cat is tense, and it is ever ready for a chance to catch the prey.
When a cat is playing, it is playing. It does not try to multi-task or worry about this or that.
A cat definitely does not worry about where the next meal is coming. When it is hungry, it will focus all the energy to hunt for food.
The second lesson is on persistence.
When your cat is hungry, it will pester you until you give food to it. If you ignore it, it will follow you everywhere, and meow angrily until you finally give in.
I have not heard of any cat owners resisting the persistence of a cat. When a cat wants food, the owner will have to give it food, or else he will not have any peace at all.
The third lesson is cleanliness.
A cat finds the warmest and cleanest area to sleep. When it is not sleeping, it will groom and keep the body clean.
It shows that cleanliness is an aspect of enjoying life. If a cat can keep clean without face cleanser, shower cream and shampoo, we can also keep ourselves and our homes clean.
The last lesson from the lazy cat is to enjoy life. A cat plays often, even though not as often as a kitten.
It will make itself comfortable under the sun, and enjoy the warmth of the sun.
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my cat does the same, I guess all cats have the same habits, sleep, eat, play and stretch like an acrobatic
Cats are wonderful pets except for the poop, very smelly that makes one puke.
Cats do sleep for long hours but they are indeed alert.
If I walk past my cat who is sleeping, she would open an eye and goes back to sleep.
her ears are alert but not her body.
When she is hungry, I had to feed her.
If I y delayed her meal, she would hunt down for her prey, lizards, sparrows, rats and bring them to me .
That means, I am not kidding when I said I am hungry!!
@peachpurple Your cat probably wants you to eat the lizards, and she will eat your food!
I think to a cat, cookies and sardine sure taste nicer than a lizard that is not cooked and not seasoned with anything.
Cat owners would probably tell you that cats are the perfect pet. I certainly enjoy having them around the house. We don't currently have any pets, but we have almost always kept cats. If I ever get another one, I think I will try to choose a breed like the rag doll, that loves to be cuddled and held.
Yes, I withstand those "persistent" demands! My cats learn that meals are served twice a day. Additional treats are offered whenever leftover human food is suitable for the cats, so it's worth their while to stay near the house, but they're not too stuffed to hunt. They're definitely not encouraged to be near humans who are cooking or eating, and will be punished (locked out!) if they annoy humans at those times. People who reward meowing with extra food often seem to have fat, sick cats--often the "picky eaters" who are always begging for something and rejecting the food offered to them, because, of course, what they desperately need is *not* food.
Cats are definitely my favorite pets, but I never thought about them in this particular way - that we can actually learn how to live a better life from those tiny creatures.
And indeed, I should admit that no matter how small a living thing is, we can always learn from it by just observing.
@scheng1
I loved reading this post. All what you pointed out is so true. I have a stry that visits me. It never meaows but just waits the kitchen door till I feed it.
Some interesting facts especially when you look at it in a different aspect. They really make a lot of sense and there is definitely something there to look up to. My cat does the same. When it's hungry it will wait for me to return home from work either at my gate or at my front door. The minute it spots me it will meaw, follow me everywhere, if I close a door it won't stop leading, and that can be annoying sometimes. You know what a cat does not know that you are tired of your hungry too, it just needs to be fed. It's very interesting to watch it sometimes and i just smile to myself imagining that one day i will have a real child who will be doing all that. Lesson learned I will now be looking at my cat more closely to get more clues hahaha.
Great article. Behind the laziness of the cat, we can learn many things from them that we can apply it to ourselves but not the laziness.:-)
Be clean, be persistent, have focus in everything we do, and enjoy life.