O H – K I T T Y !!!

He took the poor little kitty by the scruff of the neck and immersed her in the cold, cold river repeatedly!!!

Oh, did I forget to mention that she had fallen into quicksand and was drowning? Simply getting kitty out and leaving her to lick off a complete multi-covering of mud would not have saved her life!

He didn’t pause to think whether kitty would like being dunked in the frigid river. First he got her out, then clean and warm and fed.

But we – o lofty mortals – we think we always know the best way for ourselves, don’t we? What feels good to the five senses? What gets us what we want instantaneously? How can we avoid like the plague – or mud – our exertion of a modicum of effort?

Btw, Kitty wound up falling in love with her “captor”. We can learn to do likewise because merely titillating our senses does not translate to happening upon enlightenment.

DrRobinStarbuck