Personal growth (self development, personal development) and success often require learning. Learning can be expensive, but some of the things needed for success we can learn from cats, for free.
Stretch
Cats are so much more advanced, stretching-wise. Humans, myself included, if they stretch at all, don’t stretch enough. Stretching is free and therefore doesn’t have commercial appeal. Imagine watching as many commercials for stretching as for drinks and cars – there would be a whole lot more stretching going on. Well, in the absence of commercials, watch the cats, and before long you’ll stretch more.
Breathe Right
Do you know among mammals, humans are the only species that breathes through the mouth at the slightest effort? Horses, cheetahs and, yes, cats still breathe through their nostrils even at full stretch, such as when racing at top speed. But many humans switch to breathing through their mouth at the slightest effort, such as when lacing their shoes or climbing a flight of stairs. If you want vibrant energy, take a hint from your cat (or from your neighbor’s cat), breathe through your nostrils. Make deep breathing exercises an integral part of your habits. Rediscover there’s more to your nose than to serve as support for seeing glasses.
In A Heartbeat
Cats’ ability to go from sound asleep to ready to pounce in a heartbeat, is amazing. As if they had their paw permanently on an on-off switch somewhere inside. Don’t you just wish you knew their secret? To sleep a lot? Hm-mm, something to think about.
Hold No Grudges
Like people, cats have great talent for showing disapproval when upset, but unlike some people, cats do not hold grudges. To forgive and move on is easy for cats because cats are not upset with people, only with peoples’ behavior. Behavior is much easier to forgive than people. Cats know instinctively that people are not their behaviors – an important lesson we can learn from cats.
Do you know other stuff we could or should learn from cats? Please let me know – I’d be happy to post an expanded “Life Enhancers We Can Learn From Cats” with your comments.
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