My cats, Leo and Bruno teach me so much about life - here are just some things I noticed...
1. Biting your own tail is a pointless exercise
The past year of transformation has brought up some ugly, painful stuff. Some days I feel like I've got one foot firmly on the brake, and it's frustrating!
I took this video of Leo baiting himself with his own tail, and then pouncing and biting it - over and over. Doesn't he realise it's his own tail? Doesn't it hurt?
It made me laugh, but it's reflected in my current life. I recently wrote Recognising the Bad stuff and Moving On, and I got a great response. I guess people like to hear about the failures as much as the successes, and it was a lot of fun to write.
I wrote about a disaster day as a TV Extra. That experience brought up a lot of negative stuff for me, and it was a completely pointless exerience devoid of any joy or progress towards my goals. By the way, I have bruises all over my legs from it. Wow, how about next time, I just get someone to punch me in the face for some money!
Just for a change, I'm going to try and accept experiences that honour myself and my goals... just for a month... just to see if I like it... it's probably rubbish.... :)
2. It's nice to help a friend
I have some wonderful raw friends who I've only met in the last year, and now I can't imagine getting through this journey without them. It's silly even calling them "raw friends", because they are simply friends. They are going through their own transformation process, so we help each other out if the going gets tough.
This video of Leo and Bruno reminds me of my own brother. We'd be nice to each other for about a minute, then one would poke the other and it would be on. "MUUUUUUMMMM - he's touching me!!"
As well as friends supportive of your new lifestyle, I highly recommend getting a coach. I speak to my coach Dave weekly, and it's incredibly helpful having someone who is there to help you reach the places you can't get to by yourself!
3. It's good to stand out.
I was trying on my wedding dress last week. I lay it out on the bed, and a minute later there was Bruno perched delicately on the dress, looking at me, like "what....?". Remember - he's a fluffy BLACK cat and my dress is white! I almost had a heart attack.
Some of my beliefs have made me stand out (particularly since I started a blog), and my diet choices definitely make me stand out, and I was afraid of that for so long. I'm the easy going Australian, remember?
Not anymore. I'm not going to hide, even if things get a little hairy (I know - these analogies are getting worse!).
4. Life is for pleasure
Wow, what a concept for me! Isn't work about suffering? Isn't pleasurable food bad for me?
Now that I work from home, believe me, cats really do sleep ALL DAY. It's a busy schedule of napping on the bed, then napping on the couch. They only break to scratch the stuffing out of chairs. Every 20 minute or so, I give them a stroke and they receive me like a grand King and then roll around in pleasure. They love it - the more attention the better!
When I did the Karen Knowler 30 Days to Raw programme, we had to do a self care exercise every day, and I really got how stingy I am with myself, but I'm practicing with small things, and building the muscle.
Pleasure for me is around spending time with lovely people, buying flowers for myself, going to the cinema, being outside in nature, going to a ballet class, reading, personal development classes....etc
I'm going to really challenge myself this month and see how much pleasure I can stand!
So this is what I've learnt from my cats this week! Don't create pain unnecessarily, hang out with nice people, stand out and make life pleasurable!
Life is changing - big shifts are happening and it's all good. You might see some changes in The Green Queen over the next couple of months, and I'm starting a new raw food website for Brides - so keep stopping by, or subscribe to have emails sent straight to your inbox.
Thanks for reading!
xx
Denise
Denise
Need a coach?
I've worked with three amazing life coaches that I highly recommend. See if any of them resonate with you
Dave Droar - www.arrodcoaching.co.uk
Lee Chalmers - www.authenticliving.co.uk
Corrina Gordon Barnes - www.youinspireme.co.uk
I also have signed up to Ali Brown's Online Sucess Blueprint System, which is amazing so far. It's really helping me change my business ideas.
Lastly, I'm about to start Karen's Raw Online Business training. Karen is amazing at coaching people through the raw food transformation, and I can't wait to work with her 1:1 for six months starting in June.
Leo and Bruno are rescue cats from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. The brothers were abandoned by their family who moved overseas and didn't find a new home for them. Bruno in particular had some bad experiences in that time, he hates being picked up and can get really nervous.
They have given us so much pleasure and love, not to mention endless funny stories. If you are thinking of getting a cat, please find a rescue centre. It's so rewarding knowing that you have given a home to an unloved pussy cat, who wants so little from you and will give so much in return. And if you are going to have one - you may as well have two! Double the pleasure!
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