Stripes, Patches, and Swirls

In diversity -
there is unity in cats.
This has always been...

Stripes, patches, and swirls!

Self-expression, being free...

Freedom is beauty.

Do we see

this freedom?

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Color for cats
is not a source of division
but a source of harmony!

It is said
in ancient cat lore
that when cats are conceived
in the eternal Mind of the All Creator,
each cat is allowed the initial freedom
to pick their own color and pattern
according to tribal affiliation
as well as each individual choice
so that no two cats are ever the same
because all cats existing in the dreamtime
have purposed this to be so -

Cats are diverse
and we see them as such
BECAUSE they have all made a decision
to agree to be as diverse
and to not respect
this diversity
for a cat is unthinkable
to any cat.

It is also said
that in the dreamtime
there are colors that exist in cats
that are not (yet) visible in this realm of twilight;
that only when our world fully awakens
to the reality of the Oneness in all living beings
that Justice shall be done
to the real beauty of the natural 
which is only reflected in this world
like it is to see through a looking glass dimly
when the peace of the natural in all things
shall be the natural in all things.
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Sharing a Beat

My Anne and I,
listening to my heartbeat -
sharing, belonging.

My Anne loves me,
loves the rhythm of my life -
how can I forget?

I am hers,
she is mine.
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An intimate moment
- with a true friend -
is held only for a moment...
but its value lasts everlasting.

Nemesis

There is a false self...
in all things, what should not be -
'tis all that undoes.

In persons, this is -
a rejection of being,
freely not being.

In nations, this is -
a rejection of freedom,
people not being.

It destroys
from within.
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If
Complacency vs Courage
equals
Old Compliant vs Old Defiant.

Then
Materialism vs Spirit
equals
Sold Glory vs Old Glory.

Nemesis.

Little Orange

I met her from work,

this little orange battler
come to inspire me.

She helps me improve.
Gives me time, care, and friendship
to better my scores.

I like her, you know.
Sometimes I like her too much.
I have to take care...

Her name I shall keep.
This little orange angel -
God bless you, you cat!

I'm her friend,
she is mine.
---<--@

Muzzle

Don't know why it is -
that cute muzzle, your meow...

(too much cuteness... too much!)
Just let me kiss it!

I kiss the muzzle -
that cute muzzle, I kiss it.
Because I love you.

That muzzle,
I kiss it.
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...you can kiss it.

What is a snout and what is a muzzle?

A snout is not a muzzle. A snout you can wrap your fingers around. A muzzle you can not.

Only cats have muzzles. Dogs have snouts. You can kiss both. But only cats have muzzles.

Enough said.

Paw

My cat's paw, I love.
It's my source of sure comfort,
in gentle moments...

'Tis hard to describe
in this haiku - the quiet,
the touch, the feeling.

Paw becomes
more than words.
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The Other 100%

A thought for you, 

from a friend -

What of greater-ness,
our most fundamental - one -
that which makes us, we?

Yea, which many made one,
which though many makes us one,
calling us today...

Arise then, the we,
born of many distinctions,
called of one spirit.

Arise to the times,
this most fundamental thought,
and let us be great.

I, you, we -
one, one, one.
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In Fareed Zakaria GPS,
it was asked one early morning
which segment creates the jobs,
the 1% or the 99%.

Let me share with you
my own thoughts about it.

My answer is neither.

It is innovation that creates work.

It is a spirit present in the 100%!

The power to innovate comes from this spirit.

Because what drives this innovation?

Care for the Republic.

A love for the nation
grown up from the soil
of a living knowledge of it
and a steadfast understanding
of it's truest labors upon the earth.

This particular love
drives the participation of the people
in their own progress and welfare,
sheltered by their own freedoms,
and defended forever by a Republic
dwelling in peace and amity with itself
and therefore, with all the nations,
under the guidance of heaven,
and the light of Providence Divine.

Care for the Republic!

It is America that creates the jobs.

Individuals contribute to it,
individuals reap from it,
but it is ONLY the nation
that guarantees it.

Break this one community apart
and all certainty falls away into chance.

By the way, Fareed - you rock!
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Make the words disappear 

into meaning - and understand.

Think them at thy heart, 

speak it out loud, 

live it at large.

(Belated Happy Birthday!)

Commitment

Commitment. I am.
Sitting through the pain, the pain...
this is better pain...

Determination.
Discipline. Courage. Spirit.
Death. Life. Choice. The Truth.

Healing pain...
now, now, now!
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Inspiration is
a necessary guide to my motivation
and long may she bless me with her light.

But
commitment is
the only force in the universe
that will propel forward my motivation
into the realization of my dreams.

I commit
because I now understand
I will never be content with inspiration alone
unless her light becomes forever mine
and we become one reality.

As every heart
must take this journey,
so should mine.

So I must and I will. 

For me,
this is commitment.

It is
the I must 
and
the I will
for me.