{"id":2718,"date":"2014-08-13T06:50:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T10:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:16:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:16:01","slug":"cats-howling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2014\/08\/cats-howling.html","title":{"rendered":"Cats howling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful day yesterday. Had all the house windows open to feel the fresh air.<\/p>\n<p>I was cleaning the floor on my hands and knees and faintly heard howling angry cats. I drop my cloth, run to the back door, put on my rubber boots and dash down the driveway to find the source of the bawling.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2026on the rock wall, my cat, Richard, and a black cat. Not touching. Not moving. Just meowing with a yowl. Over and over and over.<\/p>\n<p>What is going on? I ask.<\/p>\n<p>The black cat sprints off and Richard turns to look at me. He looks fine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/09\/making-a-good-god-a-reality.html\">Grateful.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I head home and finish cleaning the floor.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of my days include repetitious motions. It\u2019s good to know that love trumps rituals.<\/p>\n<p>When we hear the cry of our pets or of another human being, we can leave the expected, the familiar, the repetition, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/11\/churches-walk-for-crop.html\">offer our <\/a>services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful day yesterday. Had all the house windows open to feel the fresh air. I was cleaning the floor on my hands and knees and faintly heard howling angry cats. 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