When cats took over our dreams

If I were to ask you to imagine the best version of a world, how long would it take for you to think about the status of non-human animals in it? My answer to this question changed overnight, and I am not exaggerating.

One February evening, a kitten came into our lives and changed it for the better. That was the first night when I dreamed about a cat and I keep dreaming about them now. This tiny but mighty kitten had the power to show me the world in a different light. A personality so strong she not only had the strength to save herself but also two other little kittens. She probably gave me the best month of my life. She made the difficult days better even when she herself was struggling. And our queen lives on. We talk about her everyday, the happy moments, the tense moments, the calm moments, the sad moments, the musical moments, the playful moments. There will never be anyone like her yet we see her in almost every cat. 

And then came Moonbeam, or like I love to call her, 'Moon-pie'. She's our full moon, new moon and our brightest moon. Her sweet meows when she holds a conversation with us, her confidence in letting us know what she wants and what she doesn't want leave me in awe. Our baby Moon is a furball of energy, life and purrs.

But the cake for the most unexpected love goes to Tiger. He is the cliched tough male who is actually a baby who needs loads of love. He is vocal both in literal and figurative ways. He is the love of the life of my baby sister. They both share a bond of love that seems to be meant for the books and the movies. 

So cats were ruling my dreams a year back and now I dream about work and colleagues. 

Its strange how dreams have a strong hold on my mind. Something which is not real as per science can have real effects. Let us grasp this one little but important fact of our lives. The power of mind, the power of thoughts is under rated. He calls it training your monkey mind.

For as long as I remember, for good or bad, I let my dreams impact my mood. A nightmare stays with me for years together. I also remember the sci-fi kind of dreams. And dreams were lost loved ones visit me or maybe I am visiting them. And then there are nights were sleep deserts me. I know that bed time rituals help in maintaining good sleep cycle but one has to start them when one doesn't really need it. 

Sleep was my go-to coping mechanism in my childhood and well into my adolescent, safe to say sometimes I wish I'd sleep forever. But lately, I do not get thoughts which is a relief. 

And then there is food, my relationship with food needs help and saving. I do not see food as a source of nourishment but as something which add weight to my body. I see eating food as a chore and the fact that I have negligible appetite doesn't help. I remember the time I experienced a dip in my appetite. Its strange that even after beginning to  adopt vegan life I still face issues related to food because to begin with the only resistant I faced internally was the casteist and sexist approach of certain vegan activists. 

This month is going to crucial in many ways to me and I hope it provides the needed kickstart to my attempt to form a healthy relationship with food so that I stay healthy. This self-love and self-care thing is harder than it seems to be.

I hope we realise that demons that we think haunt us are just our cries for help which are unrecognisable in the darkness of fear.

Happy Independence Day!
Happy International Cat Day!


















































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