Dear Readers,
Have you ever been frustrated with your fellow humans? I
know I have! My Mommie is FOREVER forgetting to fill all five of my feeding
bowls, to put exactly six ice cubes in my water bowl, and to fluff the pillow
by the window so I can sit on it and stare out at the world. The other night
when I wanted my customary 9:30 PM treat, she made me wait because she had to
use the flushable litter-box! I didn’t get my treat until 9:33! The audacity!
I decided that there was only one solution to this abuse,
and I consulted with the great wise cat, Old Deuteronomy. He asked me if I was willing
to compromise my standards at all, for the sake of my humans’ busy schedules. I
told him NO! He then looked at me and patiently replied, “Just as you refuse to
compromise, so they refuse as well”.
Up until now, I have always thought of compromise as a way to
get two losers in the same argument. With compromise, nobody wins and everybody
walks away unhappy – or so I thought. After my conversation with Old Deuteronomy, I
decided to try it. When I noticed that my favorite feeding station was empty, I
did not wake Mommie at 2 AM to get up and fill it; I simply ate some cat cereal
from a different feeding station, and woke Mommie at 5 AM to get up and fill my
favorite bowl. Although I could see she was not happy about the 5 AM wake up,
she did fluff my window pillow for me, since she was awake. What a treat! A
fluffed pillow is worth two full feeding stations! This compromise stuff could
have a good side to it after all…
In the spirit of compromise, I decided that I would do my
morning barfs in the middle of the floor instead in some secluded corner where
they would not be discovered for a week. This compromise did not work out as
well; one of the humans stepped in it and was not happy with me, although in
the spirit of compromise they might have looked at where they were walking!
I think with a little practice, I will get the hang of this
compromise thing, and possibly even learn to like it! What are your thoughts on
compromise? Do you think it solves more problems than it creates or that it
creates more problems than it solves? Do you only compromise over the important
things or the little things? How do you manage to compromise without
compromising your principles? Discuss!
Snuggles,
Tazi
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