Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Like us, human beings, cats yearn for kindness










































One of the things that this very senior lady looks forward to every morning, is to "sayang" ("show affection") the community cats she gets to meet along the way to the market. She will leave some kibbles for the cats in a paper bowl and then pick up the leftover on her way home. Sometimes the kibbles were untouched but the cats still turned up to greet her and to receive her gentle words of loving-kindness.
This lady said that she loved all God's creatures. She would pray for mercy whenever she heard the sound of shooting of the birds.
She recounted the horrors of watching children from a nearby Primary School abusing cats and seeing carcasses of cats hung from the branches of the trees.
She is glad that now there are much fewer cats, thanks to fellow residents who put into practice, TnRm (Trap-Neuter-Release-Manage). She is able to see that the cats now are healthy and looking very beautiful!