Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

I have heard that the reason we have pets is for their "unconditional love."  That must have come from dog lovers.  Dogs can act like they love us unconditionally, but I think it is more that they are pre-programmed to act that way.  Over the eons, they have evolved to act like they love us, so that they can get what they want.

They couldn't have been talking about cats!  With most cats, we have to earn their love.  That is well demonstrated by our barn cats.  They will act loving when it is time for food, but once their bellies are full, they pretty much ignore us.  (Except for Princess--she has decided I am the greatest person in the world.)  With cats, we have to build relationships and then love comes to us.  I wouldn't say it was unconditional.  Our Siamese, Indi, loved Ellen and tolerated me.  Ellen started to stay out past Indi's bedtime, and Indi got mad at her.  All of her affection transferred to me.  She didn't love unconditionally.  We had to follow her rules.  (Cats can be such tyrants.)

I think we love our animals, because we can love them unconditionally.  Love between people can often become complicated.  Loving our animals is simple.  We just love them for who they are--all their good and bad parts.  They don't have to be perfect to have our love.  They don't even have to love us back--and we will still love them.  We can spoil them, we can dote on them--we can love them with all our hearts.  It feels good to love our animal friends.  The unconditional love comes from us.

A Little Bit of Sun Goes a Long Way

This time of year, we start getting a little more sunshine, but there are still periods of much clouds.  We have just finished about a week of nearly solid clouds.  This morning, when I got up there was sun!

I wasn't half as excited as Thunder.  Rather than taking his morning nap under the table, he sat by the window in the sun--and didn't nap at all.  He just kept looking outside.  Later, he moved to the dining room table--and when the sun left that--he went back to the window.

He wanted me with him, so I did spend some time with my arms wrapped around him.  He ten curled up in complete happiness.  He loves to have me in the sun with him, but in the summer, I get too hot to stay a long time.  This time, I could stay until my leg started falling asleep.

Later, when the sun no longer came in his favorite windows, he was charged with solar energy.  He has been running and playing and talking and just being totally adorable.  He gets sun crazy.  I think it was exacerbated by the recent lack of sun.  Whatever the cause, I am loving it!