I have two cats, a male and female. My male cat reminds me of Garfield, but I call him Simba and the female cat reminds me Sylvester, but I call her Fancy. The male cat is about 13 yrs old and the female cat is at most a year and half old. I love my cats but the one thing that annoys me about having them is sometimes I feel like I can't keep anything. But the one thing I know I can't keep with them around is food. Simba has a thing for table food. Over the years it has gotten worse. I have gotten to the point where I call him a crack-head because he has gotten super thin and craves table food even when he has a bowl full of food. He has knocked over the garbage, tore up plastic bags but my favorite is his obsession with the the donut box. Today I had to throw away a box of donuts because he attacked them. This obsession makes me laugh because the donuts have no smell, however because over time he has seen me reach into the box for a donut he knows there is food in there.
But as much as I laugh at his obsession, I see the destruction in his behavior. He makes my kitchen look a mess, I lose out on my money and I am left without a snack(one I probably don't need). As I pondered on his behavior, I found it to be similar to the behavior we exhibit in our relationships. Many times we get a taste of something and then we yearn for it. Then we move from yearning to doing crazy stuff....
Watching my cat and his obsession with the donuts, I had to ask myself what in your life makes you act like this?
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