What do you do when you’re frustrated? Throw things? Have a fit? Toss something at your pet? Yell at someone? Hopefully, none of these suggestions apply. What do I try to do? First, I try everything I can think of to get past my frustration while still in the activity, which might work or might not. Second, I stop doing what is frustrating me and work on settling my mind, sometimes with music, a television show, or just a glass of ice water.
Third, I call my cats to me because they are the best physical relaxers in my world. Febe and Lily are both tortoiseshell cats. Tortoiseshells are the most loving breed I’ve ever had and the healthiest. They are also instinctively curious! Sometimes when I’m working, one or both will stop by to say, “Hi, Mom! What are you doing? Can I help? Just stopped by to give you some love.” All the while, they are on the arm of my chair or on top of my computer keyboard, so I don’t miss their visit and love! Now I ask you, especially all of you cat people, how can your frustration not melt away after the love given by a pet, totally free and without expectation of anything in return?
Isn’t that the way we are supposed to love especially in our marriages; free and without expectation of anything in return? Isn’t that close to the description Christ gave? I am somewhat surprised at the similarity; but then again, I’m not surprised. He made us, our loving pets, and all of creation in an act of love, didn’t He?
I see any frustration melting away like ice on a frozen lake in springtime; slowly and surely evaporating as the temperatures turn warmer and the sun radiates down on that frozen lake giving all of its warmth to the world. Have a blessed day, all.