Hi There,
I'm like a lot of other people, I have a hard time sitting still to use this technique for relaxation. I'm not a high stress person to begin with. I just like being alive so much and have been through enough lessons and learned them, it's easier for me to recognize when stuff happens learn from it, go through the process of healing and move on.
An example is; about two months ago one of my gorgeous long haired cats didn't come home for breakfast, I knew right away that I would never see him again. I am an expert at the grieving process so I cried, got it out, got angry, cried some more, then thought of anything good that I could find to come from the situation. Two days later, another of my gorgeous long haired cats didn't come home for breakfast. Again, I new I'd never see him again. I went through the same process; cry, get angry, cry, accept it. look for any good to come from it, and move on. Two days ago, the grandmother of all of my cats which is the most beautiful long haired calico I've ever seen disappeared during the middle of the day. We had ran errands, she was in our yard (she doesn't go far) when we left, she wasn't to be seen when we returned. I knew right away that I would never see her again. I cried and got mad. I tried to find a solution to possibly help her return, but it was not to be. The next morning I woke up very sad, cried for a long time, got mad, then I turned that energy toward baking all kinds of things like cookies, brownies, and chocolate chip muffins. I don't normally bake so this was very strange for me and the whole family. I made potato salad and pasta salad to. My family new that I was sad, but they were almost scared because of these different things I was doing.
I wore myself out baking and cooking all day. By the next morning I was fine again. No more crying, I'm a little angry because everyone elses cats are still walking around the neighborhood, not that I want anything bad to happen to them, I just don't like mine falling off the face of the earth without a sign. The good that I found was; the daughter of the Calico and the sister of the two missing boys had a litter of six kittens the week after the two boys went missing. I figured I would give away all six kittens (maybe keep one). But now, I'm keeping all six of them. I told my husband, "I figure I can have fun with them for about a year, and one by one they'll all disappear". :O)
She did have a beautiful little Calico that looked just like her grand- mother, so I guess I get to start over with her. Oh, I'm also going to have chips put in all of my cats so I can trace what happens to them.
