Cats who teach me to fly…

Many people understand what love is but not many know what compassion is. Even I, myself, am still practising compassion.
When I see mummy cats were being separated from their kittens, my heart twitched for them. I can see a lot of kittens were being separated from their mummy in the adoption drives. Many adopters prefer to adopt the kittens but not the mummy… I can see human’s love towards the kittens but was unaware that the kittens will soon be separated from their mummy. Mummies who had nursed, cared, protected and loved their kittens since the very first day the kittens were born. The lack of compassion to understand a mummy cat’s love towards their kittens.
Fosterers who are too afraid of missing the opportunities of finding a good home for the kittens and thus, kittens were being adopted away without their mummy. Some of the fosterers are kind and patient to find the mummy cats a good home but many would release them to the street… Even the animal welfare societies do that. However, there is no right and wrong!
Compassion and pure love are such profound practice. Many are unaware of it. It took my whole life to understand and it is a great fortune that I am aware of it now. I hope I am not drowning myself too deep into this samsara. And I pray that all good conditions will come to me and everyone always, to fulfil the path to enlightenment!
(My spiritual mentor while giving lesson turned her head, looked at my face and into my eyes and emphasized the word “Lamrim”. Yep, I have understood that:).)