Addressing the latest rumour: FELINE THEFT | The world has gone through a very tough time over the past year or so, as we approach the one year anniversary of the implementation of lockdowns and restrictions, which has been devastating to the economy and destroyed the lives of many people… and I am not even talking about a virus here. The climate of “covidity” has had the knock on effect of causing many people to go into a very negative space. Indeed, depression and suicides are rampant. I totally understand how people are feeling, as I have had my bouts of the Covid Blues, but I have found ways to manage it with natural remedies.
What has been most noticeable in assessing the psychological impact of our fear frenzied social climate, is how people who are emotionally unintelligent, project their negativity at others, because they live in a mental prison of fear, and they insist that we must all share that mental prison with them.
I live in the small village of Carvoeiro on the Algarvian coast, and as is the case with any small town communities, there is always gossip and rumours amongst the locals. I for one tend not to indulge in gossip or rumours about people I do not even know, as I fill my time consciously, and I have better ways to express my energetic manifestations. Having worked in media for over two decades, I know how dangerous and damaging gossip can be, and I never say anything about anybody unless I have concrete proof of loss and / or harm. Low level gossiping and nattering, is for the small minded. If I have anything to say about someone, I will say it directly to them, or say nothing at all.
Amongst several other unpleasant rumours that have recently come back to us, due to the gossip that goes around amongst people, who are empty, soul sick, and who have nothing better do to but project their Covidity induced misery onto others, is some talk about how my husband and I have been stealing cats. No jokes. This is the latest in a spate of rumours and gossip that is circulating in our local community.
Indeed, some pathetic so and so, took to the local Carvoeiro Forum on Facebook, to warn people that they saw my husband and I out in public, with several cats in pink stroller, and one cat on my husband’s shoulder, walking down the street, and they wrongly stated that we were stealing cats. And no, they were not imagining it. This actually is something they saw, because my husband and I treat our four kitty babies like children. Admittedly, we regularly take our cats for walks, the same way people would take dogs out for walks around town.
Now I realise this may be rather unusual to the limited perspective of some people, because I personally have never come across anybody else who does this. When we go to the beach, our Kitty children come with us. When we go for walks to the shops, our kitties come with us. When we go for strolls along the cliffs, our kitties come with us. I have lost count of how many times people have said to me that this is the first time they have ever come across cats being taken out to the beach. Cat lover commonly remark how they would love to do the same thing, but they are afraid that their cats would run away.
Right there, is the explanation of why my husband and I are so different to everybody else out there… We do not live in fear.
Being free spirited, unconventional person, completely unique in my outlooks, external expressions and behaviours, I have always been subject to scrutiny by narrow minded people. This is something I have become accustomed to. Being different means that bland people with limited outlooks will scrutinise and judge. As an artist, I am different to your run of the mill type. My books are controversial. My many investigative exposes have infuriated those I have exposed. There are no shortage of stories, rumours and gossip that circulate about my husband and I. There have been, and always will be, people that just want to hate because they are haters, perhaps they are jealous, or they are just soul sick and lack emotional intelligence.
The great thing about being me, and probably the aspect of my being that annoys people the most, is that I simply do not give a damn what anybody thinks of me. I have never allowed myself to be defined by the opinions of others. I embrace my uniqueness and do not seek to conform to the normalities and expectations of anybody. I do what I do with an open heart and a clear conscience. I live a clean and honest life, and I conduct myself ethically. I stand up for what I believe in, even if I am standing alone. I know who and what I am in my heart, and I have wonderful relationships with my family and close lifelong friends. That is all I need. I do not seek the approval of of others, particularly small minded gossip mongers, who have nothing better to do that to speak negatively about people they do not even know. Indeed, why would I want to be like them. The lesson I learn from such people, is how not to be.
It is a unique and beautiful thing that we do with our kitties. Being able to take them out has taken training, patience and developing an unbreakable bond of trust based on a love and understanding. What bothers me the most about this whole episode, is how people can take something so beautiful, so pure and so innocent, and turn it into something supposedly negative and indeed, with allegations potential criminality. That for me, truly says so much about the dire state of humanity, and how far gone we really are as a human species.
To see how we manage with our Kitty children out and about, feel free to check out this short clip I made and posted on Facebook, featuring
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