Isn't it amazing how quickly they claim a part of our hearts?

Years ago, I picked up a stray on the way home from work and he became my cat that day. He always came when I called him and wasn't a pain in the ass like some can be. Never had to worry about him. That's what raised the concern when he didn't come in one night. The next morning, I found that he'd been hit by a car. I was late that day because I brought him home to bury him.

I'm sorry for your loss.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.