Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The Simple Life

Human lives are always so complicated. Everyone is busy doing their oh-so-important job/task on this planet. Sometimes it drives me to think that if you are not participating in this ratrace you are not really ‘human’. You need to keep yourself busy, lazy people are frowned upon. Well, I really LOVE being lazy sometimes and at those moments I envy cats. The life of a cat is so simple. It consists of eating, sleeping, some playtime, cuddling and then more sleeping. I have such a weak spot for cats, their fluffy appearance makes me want to hug and stroke them all the time.

My parents’ cat however, misleads me all the time. She looks super cute, but it is really a devil in disguise. If you stroke her, she will bite you really hard. Yet, every time I see her I have the urge to stroke her, and she has bitten me quite a few times. My parents spoil her enormously, especially my dad.

A day in the life of Tibby.

Seeking the heat of the computer, or maybe just stealing the computer?!


Playing with a toy mouse


Basking in the sun




Stealing milk!


Licking away the evidence


The reason I’m writing this is just that most of the day I’m amazed by what people do for a living; how they are chasing from place A to place B without wondering what it’s all for. Does it make them happy? Or are they doing it because they have to? How many people would quit their jobs if they received money for free? As you can see, I’m clearly not happy participating in the ‘ratrace’, and I’m really searching for the answer on the question ‘what would fit me?’ What kind of job? Where do I want to go in life? It frustrates me that there are no clearcut answers to these questions, you have to live life in order to find it out. My stupid brain never stops crunching, and thoughts flow on and on. Quite annoying sometimes!

2 comments:

René said...

Yup, ben het met je eens. Al die gedachten vind ik ook terug in Heidegger die ik bestudeer voor mijn scriptie. Misschien moet je daar eens wat van gaan lezen. Of anders gewoon literatuur van Camus, Sartre, Dostojevski, Kafka enzo.

Trouwens, tot vrijdag!

Milla said...

I often say that if I get to be born again I want to be born a cat. Easy life: sleeping, eating, sleeping.

A cat as adorable as this one!!