Wild Animals

Hanging with my aunt and her doggie on her porch

Everywhere we go in this town people have pets, recently all of my kids have started to get comfortable and calm with pets.  For me personally pets are another thing to take care of, I have a hard enough time keeping up with myself let alone my kids.  Our neighbor has a dog that my kids know and my hairdresser has quite a few dogs, every time I go and bring the kids they enjoy each others company.  For some reason my oldest would run in the other direction from any animal when he was younger up until maybe 6 months ago, then he started giving a hand to dogs, and being more courageous around animals of all shapes and sizes.  The dog that lives in the house next door to my sister in law is a Great Dane, now I have to tell my son to ask the owner before approaching any animal, not just run up and touch, it might scare them.

My daughter loves to grab my camera, so I should thank her for the picture of the cat that we are house sitting.  We don’t know the cat’s name or sex, I have just realized I have not tried to look, so we call it kitty. We also don’t know the cat’s age, but I think it is a young one because it loves to play with the cat toys, and my kids particularly love one that is a stick with some string and a bell on the end.

The Wild Animals title of this post refers to my children and human beings in general.  We all have an animal side.  My sweet baby that is the kindest and happiest boy ever, repeatedly grabs the poor cats tail.  We keep on telling him no my daughter is on the lookout, once I was sitting right next to both of them he started sweetly petting the cat then sneakily walked around to go behind him, the cat’s tail was tucked in, and had to reach in and grab it.  Thank God the cat has not attacked or scratched, maybe it is a chill cat or is used to the wild kids of the house.

I feel like when buttons are pushed our animal side pops out, and it pops out in many other scenarios.  Definitely there is one inside me, oh yes do my husband and kids see it.  Most of the world sees the calm Yoga instructor and Doula, and when I am doing my life’s work, I get into a peaceful zone, and enjoy the energy exchange.  With family it is 100% unconditional giving, so the well runs dry, the patience is thin, the sleep is scarce, and our instincts take over I suppose.

Balance is my savior,

My sanity,

My recharge,

Find your space or place where you can balance the intense, non stop, 

and challenging factors of your life,

Then go back and deal,

Persevere,

Transform,

Weather the storm,

Because all storms will pass,

And for my California folk, so will the earthquakes,

So why worry in advance,

Be prepared,

Be present,

Live,

Let the wild animal out once in a while in a safe, holy, meaningful, and appropriate place,

Coach Yulia