Originally Posted by
Clough
A close and very dear friend of mine called me up a number of years ago because her cat had simply disappeared somewhere outside. My friend was very upset and crying. Her cat never returned. She tried just about as much as you did to find her cat. She wondered about the same things that you do...
With time, will come acceptance. Just like you, I hate to give up. Doing so goes against the very grain of my nature. I hate not knowing that which should and would normally be something that is known. But, I've had to accept that there are some things that we just can't know, even though we've tried our best to know them.
Pets are beings that are so near and dear to us. The last time that I had a cat die, my daughter insisted that I call her when it happened because she knew the sorry state in which I would be. She was correct!
Even now, with writing this to you, I get teary-eyed thinking about that cat! That was in 2004. As a matter of fact, yesterday Saturday, February 7th was the anniversary of when that cat died. I was just thinking about that yesterday.
I can't give you hope about your cat, that is something that is up to you to have, if you so choose. What I can try to give you, is the realization that, even though we might try to be idealists, the world isn't a perfect place and that it's not possible for us to know everything, even though we want to, and that it would be in your best interests to go to bed each night being a realist and accepting that you've done the best that you can for the day, and that tomorrow will be a new day knowing that there are also will be other things that you'll try to know, but because it's not possible to know everything and when we know that we've done the best that we can, many times, we just simply need to and have to move ever onward, upward and forward.
Peace Be With You!!
