{"id":5306,"date":"2021-11-05T03:33:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5306"},"modified":"2021-11-05T03:33:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T11:33:09","slug":"frivolous-friday-things-we-can-learn-from-our-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5306","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Things We Can Learn From Our Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Oliviaeyespretty-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Oliviaeyespretty-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Oliviaeyespretty-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Oliviaeyespretty-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Oliviaeyespretty-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Oliviaeyespretty-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>I excerpted this from a blog post I published eight years ago this month. It features a few things we can learn from our cats.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cats teach us to be real. They don\u2019t put on pretenses. They are who they are every minute of their existence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>They know where they belong. Like the refrigerator magnet at my mom\u2019s house says, \u201cIf you want the best seat in the house, move the cat.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>They demonstrate the importance of taking care of their own needs first and foremost. You may need to take a nap, but you\u2019d better feed a hungry cat, first, or you won\u2019t get any rest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>They show us how to get what we need whether it is food or affection, for example. How? They ask for it&#8211;0n fact, insist upon it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t you agree?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I excerpted this from a blog post I published eight years ago this month. It features a few things we can learn from our cats. Cats teach us to be real. They don\u2019t put on pretenses. They are who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5306\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5307,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5306\/revisions\/5307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}