Being a Doodle

"There's no shop that sells kindness; you must build it within. You can transplant hearts, but you cannot transplant a warm heart." Dalai Lama

One of the biggest hearts I know of beats within a 8 1/2 pound cat named Pixie. Pixie is all affection and love and she has added time to my mother's life by being so sweet and loving towards Mom. She will sleep with Mom and climb on her lap. It is as if she recognizes that Mom needs her. She is affectionate with me too but Mom is her special person.

Pixie is almost always in a good mood. She fights with my cat Merlin occasionally but for the most part they get along okay. Merlin doesn't like her but that doesn't phase Pixie one little bit.

When we were still debating on what to name the cat Mom was calling her Snickerdoodle after the cookie but my brother decided that Pixie was a better name for her. The Doodle part stuck however and we call her Pixiedoodle on occasion.

I have decided that being a Doodle isn't a bad thing. Pixie is loving and sweet and funny. She is loyal to her people. She has an unbridled curiosity about everything. She isn't judgmental and accepts everybody for what they are. She is a very intelligent animal. She never stresses out. She is never angry.

We could learn a lot from a cat like Pixie. Maybe we should all strive to bring a little "doodle" into our lives.

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