The Story of Little Kitty <3!

Many years ago when I was a child I had befriended a deserted kitten in my backyard. It mewed all day, maybe wanting to reunite with its mommy but all my frantic search to find her was in vain. I wondered where she was and how she must be feeling that her baby was missing! The little kitten was weak and scared. Bringing stray kittens at home was a strict no-no therefore I built a lil hut for the kitty in my backyard. I fed it milk and bread both times a day.

My neighbourhood pals became a part of the search party however there was no trace of the Mummy cat whatsoever. We decided to make a small house for the baby kitten and although it showed little signs of recovery, it was still not able to purr and hardly moved from one place to another. We took turns to guard the little one. It seemed like all of us had found a new reason to live...little kitty was friendly with us and looked like it enjoyed our company as much as we enjoyed to be with it!!!

I still shudder at the thought of that day. It was barely a week after I had found the baby kitten. It rained heavily all night. The thunders and lightning battled with the dark sky as we slept peacefully in our rooms. When I woke up the following morning, the kitten was the first thing that flickered through my mind... I felt a jolt...I ran down the stairs and rushed to the back yard. Perhaps my friends had gone through similar emotions...I saw they had already gathered at my back yard. But instead of gathering around kitty's small hut they were standing at the end of the backyard! I was panic-stricken...and to my dismay...as I joined them, I saw...kitty lying on the ground...totally drenched. Its fur was shrivelled and curled against it's skin and there was no doubt that it was out in the open all night. But why would it come out of it's hut when it's raining?? We had no answer. My sister ran home and brought a bowl of hot milk. We rubbed it's body with a dry towel, held it in our hands to give warmth....but to no avail...

Little kitty was breathing it's last...No matter how hard we tried, it did not respond...We cried our hearts out but to no avail. The mummies and the daddies were summoned for emergency help. They tried to revive it...yielding no positive result. Little kitty left us for heavenly abode.

That day I vowed I will never ever keep any animal for a pet ever again for the rest of my life!!! I will not befriend them, feed them, play with them or show love. Kitty had ditched me. I felt cheated, betrayed.Why did it have to leave the hut and get wet in the rain all night? I did not know...

As always, the tragedy was soon forgotten and each of us resorted to our normal course of life. After more than almost two decades when I think about this incident...I do not feel bitter anymore. Perhaps my grown up conscience tells me that there was nothing more that I could have done to save the little animal and  it was supposed to be meant to happen that way.

There are certain unfortunate incidents which occur in our lives and more than often we tend to over-evaluate our performance and reason what we could have done to make things not the way it turned out to be! We tend to blame ourselves, feel miserable and shut ourselves completely out of the rest of the world!!! For some of us this could be a temporary phase but there are many of us who bear the burden of guilt all along their lives!

You know it's easy this way! What is difficult is to accept reality as it is and not look for a reason to justify it. Look out for those moments which made you happy, gave you reasons to live amidst those sad and unhappy ones...Happiness and sadness are two intertwined emotions. Each emotion cannot be felt in the absence of the other! We must experience pain and agony to appreciate joyousness!

Let go of the burden, abandon the pain, shun the agony…what you will be left with is a better and happier YOU! And if you are happy, you will make your near and dear ones happier! Dig out your happy times, relive them…watch old photographs, read old diaries, bring out that old rusty souvenir box or simply close your eyes and reminiscence…you will feel magical!

When I trace back to little kitty I only love to remember those few lovely afternoons I spent playing with it. It puts a smile on my face...! I will cherish every bit of time that I spent with the cute little sweetheart! I will forever keep the happy memories and will always turn towards them from time to time…

Happiness & Sunshine...always! Much love.