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Do you marvel at how beautiful, energetic, relaxed, HAPPY, and healthy your cat is? Have you ever considered how he got that way? Sure, genes are involved, but what else do you think might contribute to your cat\u2019s ability to rest completely, wake up refreshed, move freely, feel a sense of great satisfaction, and enjoy every moment of every day?<\/p>\n
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took cues from your cat more often? Maybe if you stretched every morning before getting out of bed, you\u2019d have less pain and stiffness. Maybe if you moved more like a cat does, you’d feel more energetic. What if you approached all of life with the energy, enthusiasm, curiosity, and wit of a cat? It would sure make your world more fun and interesting, wouldn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
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moment. It seems to me that cats take that bit of advice to heart. Try it throughout the day today. Just for today, turn off your worry button. Don\u2019t think about what\u2019s coming. Don\u2019t fret about something you have to do later. Stop planning and scheduling every minute of the day. And don’t manufacture potential problems in your head. Just be in the moment. Invite your cat to join you and watch how he does it. It\u2019s actually a very peaceful and healthy way of being. When you feel tired, curl up or stretch out and take a little nap. When you awaken, don\u2019t grumble and complain, face the next moments head on with gusto and joy.<\/p>\n
Cats know what they want and how to get it, whether it\u2019s a lap to curl up in, your favorite chair, a treat, petting, or just some company. It\u2019s not as difficult as you might think to get what you want like your cat does. Watch and learn.<\/p>\n
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order to get what he wants. He engages you. He might let out a few chirps\u2014or a loud meow, depending on his purrsonality. But that\u2019s just one of his ways of asking for what he wants–his way of sweet-talking you–or expressing his opinion. You\u2019ve already learned in life that you catch more flies with honey.<\/p>\n
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Your cat has a great sense of humor. We know how good laughter is for our health. While cats don\u2019t laugh on the outside, who\u2019s to say they don\u2019t chuckle and even giggle on the inside? Cats take joy to a whole new level\u2014I mean, when is the last time you marveled at a piece of string dangling from your scarf, a stream of sunlight coming through a window, or a wad of paper hurled through the air?<\/p>\n
There, now you have it. If you want what your cat seems to have naturally\u2014a svelte figure, a natural beauty, agility, the ability to relax and be at peace, tons of energy, the gift of laughter, and a knack for getting what you want, you just might want to be more cat-like. After all, if you\u2019re like many of us you\u2019ve said at least once or twice, \u201cIn my next life, I want to be a cat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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