more about living in the moment

evidently, millie hadn't finished her thought about living in the moment when I blogged it. she climbed up on my lap and sat on my chest to let me know.

millie, do you have more to say?

"yes."

is it about the blog?

"yes."

is it about living from your heart?

"no."

about living in the moment?

"yes."

okay, what else would you like to say?

"living in the moment is a matter of bringing your awareness to now and keeping it here. now is really all there is. worrying about the future is silly and a waste of energy. the future isn't real, it is only possible. this is important to understand."

millie also let me know that she is pleased about her blog. she thinks it will be good practice for me, and she likes sharing her wisdom with people.

live in the moment

today is monday. all last week and over the weekend I managed to obsess about potential future problems. you can probably see where this is going. when I got to work I found that I wasn't the only one borrowing trouble from the future. as we discussed the future in a sort of dismal, pessimistic way, it being a monday and all, millie came out to talk to us. we all know now when millie is just moving around the office and when she has something to say.

millie, do you have something to tell us?

"yes."

is it about our conversation?

"yes."

do you want us to stop being so pessimistic?

"yes."

do you have any practical, specific advice for us on how to do that?

"live in the moment."

ah. of course. life is pretty amazing and magical when you bring your focus back to this moment. right here. right now.

thanks, mil.

live from the heart

last thursday millie came and sat on my chest while I was working. can't remember what I was doing exactly, but it was something incompatible with having a cat sit on your chest. millie and I have worked together for going on 4 years now. she helps balance the energy in the office, she weighs in with her opinion on some of our more difficult cases, she cheerleads when we do well, and she offers advice.


her main way to let me know that I am in need of her advice is to hop up on my lap and climb up the front of me so that she is laying on my chest, effectively ending my focus on work and claiming it for herself.


I have taken classes in animal communication, and I can do it, but I usually attempt it only when I have taken the time to ground myself and remove myself from the distractions of my life. work is far from my ideal space for animal communication. millie insists that I can do it, however, and she keeps trying to talk to me in spite of my painfully slow understanding.


on thursday, millie tried and tried to get through to me, through my distraction and my funk about life in general. finally, I 'heard' her. her words are in quotes:


"your sarcasm is a shield. you use it to protect yourself, but it also shuts you away. live from your heart. relate to others from your heart."


um, wow. okay. good advice, I am sure, but do you have any practical advice for me on how to achieve this?


"yes." 


would you mind sharing it with me?  (animals are SO literal!)


"regard the people the way you regard the animals. think of them the same way."


oh.


OH.


it's true, I offer a lot more compassion to the animals. even the ones I don't really enjoy being around get a considerable amount of love and compassion from me. respect. trust. lack of suspicion. tolerance. acceptance.


I immediately tried thinking of some of my least favorite people as though they were animals. it helped a lot. as animals, they are allowed to be exactly who they are, a product of their own individual lives and experiences, with no expectations from me. what a relief to be able to think of people that way. I still don't like them, but that's ok, I don't have to be around them.


that millie, she is one smart cat.

are you writing this down?

I was walking with my husband today, relating the latest message from millie, when he turned to me and asked,"are you writing all of this down?"

hence this blog.

intro

millie is a cat.

I am a human.

this blog is millie's, to share her amazing wisdom with others, however it must go through me in order to get here (millie doesn't type) and so we are limited by my ability to"get" her messages, and also by my interpretive skills.

I will do my best to translate accurately and to transmit the love effectively.

so here we go...