{"id":89,"date":"2008-12-03T16:55:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T21:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kabbalahchick.com\/blog\/?p=89"},"modified":"2008-12-27T22:42:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-28T03:42:44","slug":"are-you-deserving-or-even-your-pets-deserve-more-than-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabbalahchick.com\/blog\/89\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you deserving? Or even your pets deserve more than you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalahchick.com\/blog\/images\/catDM2806_468x705-half.jpg\" align=right hspace=20><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many of us don&#8217;t bother to ask for more, or to challenge our status quo, or to dream bigger because we don&#8217;t feel like we deserve it. We feel, at the core, that we are &#8220;wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--digg-->When we feel &#8220;wrong&#8221; in speaking up or fulfilling a deep need, it&#8217;s because we are getting in touch with something that wasn&#8217;t accepted in us when we were younger, or in a past life. For example, when people who weren&#8217;t allowed to feel joy start feeling joy, it confuses them, and even makes them uncomfortable. That&#8217;s why we sabotage ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Today, get in touch with what feels wrong to you. Give yourself permission to feel right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another aspect of this &#8220;being wrong&#8221; or &#8220;being the wrong one&#8221; is that we put everyone&#8217;s need before ours.<\/p>\n<p>I developed that characteristic over time.<\/p>\n<p>Just a week ago I had two cats that I spent more money on their food than my own, spent more time worrying about their well-being than mine.<\/p>\n<p>One cat, an abandoned male cat<!--more--> was especially at the receiving end of my &#8220;selfless giving kindness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He showed his gratitude by using my apartment as a big litter box. I now have 5 litter boxes, but he still preferred the area behind my computers. I guess he wanted me to think of him when I work.<\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday I had this thought that maybe I, and my well being is more important than keeping this cat in.<\/p>\n<p>I threw him out. I cried all day. I was sure everyone will say that I was a heartless person. But all my friends celebrated my courage to disrupt this &#8220;martyr-like&#8221; behavior.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been four days. I am at peace. I am enjoying my house. I enjoy time with my other cat. I eat undisturbed, I can keep the door closed, and I can sleep till 7 am without a cat waking me to take him out to pee.<\/p>\n<p>Am I heartless? Maybe. But I definitely crossed some barrier with regards to my self-worth. Let&#8217;s see where it takes me.<\/p>\n<p>Please add your two cents worth&#8230; (or a dollar?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us don&#8217;t bother to ask for more, or to challenge our status quo, or to dream bigger because we don&#8217;t feel like we deserve it. We feel, at the core, that we are &#8220;wrong.&#8221; When we feel &#8220;wrong&#8221; in speaking up or fulfilling a deep need, it&#8217;s because we are getting in touch &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kabbalahchick.com\/blog\/89\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are you deserving? 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