Comments on: Not knowing http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800 Comforting the Afflicted and Afflicting the Comfortable Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sigrid Smith http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-621 Sigrid Smith Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-621 Doug: I have been a fan of The Rant for a while now but today was the first time I looked at the Blue Ridge Muse. I feel much better for having done that. To know that you are taking time for long walks, caring for your elderly cat, listening to folk music and keeping up with the local high school sports teams makes me realize that I should be thinking more about our personal wellbeing and focus a little less on the bastards. Unfortunately, I have also discovered your wonderful photography. It may take me a while to get through them so it may be a while yet before I get around to my own life. Thanks. Doug:
I have been a fan of The Rant for a while now but today was the first time I looked at the Blue Ridge Muse. I feel much better for having done that. To know that you are taking time for long walks, caring for your elderly cat, listening to folk music and keeping up with the local high school sports teams makes me realize that I should be thinking more about our personal wellbeing and focus a little less on the bastards. Unfortunately, I have also discovered your wonderful photography. It may take me a while to get through them so it may be a while yet before I get around to my own life. Thanks.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-622 Rachel Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-622 What a touching post and so well written. I was right there with you holding Loki and hearing the sporadic purrs. I could not help but get misty eyed. Loki is so lucky to have you and your wife who love him so much. What a touching post and so well written. I was right there with you holding Loki and hearing the sporadic purrs. I could not help but get misty eyed. Loki is so lucky to have you and your wife who love him so much.

]]> By: Danny http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-623 Danny Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-623 Doug, Molly was mine, a small furry lump held in a towel, future very uncertain. Vet visits, hormone-free raw turkey and vitamin shots, holding back a rockslide with hands that are far too small. I'm there with you, which doesn't help. Be peaceful and loving for Loki, and he'll know your heart. -Danny Doug,

Molly was mine, a small furry lump held in a towel, future very uncertain. Vet visits, hormone-free raw turkey and vitamin shots, holding back a rockslide with hands that are far too small.

I’m there with you, which doesn’t help. Be peaceful and loving for Loki, and he’ll know your heart.

-Danny

]]> By: cindy lee http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-624 cindy lee Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-624 Animals are intuitive. Weather “lower” animals can grasp the concept of love no one will ever know but I do know how my animals react when I come home. They trust me. They look to me for companionship. They take comfort in my touch. Your cat knows you are there; he takes comfort in your touch. He trust’s you. Your cat knows you will care for him. I have no doubt of that. Animals are intuitive. Weather “lower” animals can grasp the concept of love no one will ever know but I do know how my animals react when I come home. They trust me. They look to me for companionship. They take comfort in my touch. Your cat knows you are there; he takes comfort in your touch. He trust’s you. Your cat knows you will care for him. I have no doubt of that.

]]> By: elgee http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-625 elgee Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-625 Doug, Tears are running down my cheeks. Need I say more. elgee Doug, Tears are running down my cheeks. Need I say more. elgee

]]> By: David St Lawrence http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-626 David St Lawrence Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-626 There is knowingness beyond the physical senses. Loki may not see you but your description tells of a cat that knows it is loved and cared for. He may have been born crippled and brain-damaged, but he has pulled in two people who have made his brief life as comfortable as any cat could hope for. Never consider that your efforts are wasted. The kind acts you perform for Loki do more for your own emotional well-being than you might ever imagine. Give Loki a pat for me. The little tyke brought a lot of love into our lives too. There is knowingness beyond the physical senses. Loki may not see you but your description tells of a cat that knows it is loved and cared for.

He may have been born crippled and brain-damaged, but he has pulled in two people who have made his brief life as comfortable as any cat could hope for.

Never consider that your efforts are wasted. The kind acts you perform for Loki do more for your own emotional well-being than you might ever imagine.

Give Loki a pat for me. The little tyke brought a lot of love into our lives too.

]]> By: AnneD. http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-627 AnneD. Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-627 I read of love given, love taken...what more could we ask? Give little Loki a kiss and a loving stroke from me. I read of love given, love taken…what more could we ask? Give little Loki a kiss and a loving stroke from me.

]]> By: zuleme http://www.dougthompson.com/archives/800#comment-628 zuleme Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dougthompson.com/?p=800#comment-628 I lost a beloved little cat at 16 months old to heart failure two months ago. He was lucky in that his short life was joyful and spent being loved and yes, he knew I loved him. I didn't know about the heart problem and if I had I would have tried to treat and maintain him. But he would have hated that. The vet scared him. I will miss him the rest of my life. Give Loki all the love you have for him. It tears us apart to love such fragile little beings who give us so much and ask so little. But how small we would be and how empty the world would be without them. I lost a beloved little cat at 16 months old to heart failure two months ago. He was lucky in that his short life was joyful and spent being loved and yes, he knew I loved him. I didn’t know about the heart problem and if I had I would have tried to treat and maintain him. But he would have hated that. The vet scared him.

I will miss him the rest of my life.
Give Loki all the love you have for him. It tears us apart to love such fragile little beings who give us so much and ask so little. But how small we would be and how empty the world would be without them.

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