Sunday, May 18, 2014

On reading Proverbs, feeding cats, etc.

Last night was the second this week to end in nightmares for me, a sure sign I'm agitated about something.  I don't go in for dream analysis, but under the circumstances I can't help but pick the dream apart again and again.  Why do I do this, when I know perfectly well that the root cause of it is worry?  And furthermore I was up at 4:45 this morning (I would like to say FOR the purpose of bible study, but let's not kid ourselves) and I read this:

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"

in Proverbs, and oh of course today is that day - the day you read something that directly applies to you.  Reading the Bible is sometimes a case of just endless Levitical laws or someone droning on about something you have no interest in and then all of a sudden it isn't.  I know I should search for meaning in that which holds no interest for me, but when I come across something that does it really is easier.  And it resonates all day.  And clearly this is all about me.

On a totally different note, my cat that had to go to the vet this week came home with a moderately clean bill of health but with the admonition that we put him on a special diet.  An expensive special diet (is there any other kind?) that is, naturally, ONLY available at the vet and will cost roughly $80 a month.  The cat and I had a little chat on the way home, but he is warm and sleeps on my feet and I'm a huge sucker for this animal and so I bought it.  Naturally he detests it deeply and we are locked in a battle of wills.  I'll win, because I have the unfair advantage of thumbs and being larger than he is, but he's putting up a good fight.


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