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| The cat out at my neighbour's front porch |
So recently, a cat has been paying frequent visits to my
front porch in the mornings.
My family doesn’t really fancy cats; we are more like dog
people (?) (but I am still very terrified of huge dogs). Hm let’s just say, we aren’t exactly animal
people. Don’t get me wrong, we do not
despise or hate on any type of animals, we are just afraid.
So back to the cat story, this cat had no home. Not anymore; I am not sure if it belonged to
my neighbor (they have a lot of cats + since it goes there every time it runs
away), but it is definitely now stray.
‘Oh, joyi, stray cats
are everywhere in Malaysia. ‘But this one was different. One of its eyes was infected and ruddy,
bulging out from its eye socket. When I
first saw it lurking around the front, I was stunned and astounded. I quickly ran upstairs to find my dad, while
shouting ‘Pa! Come take a look at this cat!’
By the time we returned to the porch, it was already gone. I insisted that the red ball
was its eye bulging out from its socket but my dad argued that it was just a
huge tumour-like pimple (?) Anyway, a couple of days later, we
confirmed it was the eye, probably a result from a very aggressive cat fight or
an allergic reaction which then caused the cat to scratch it out? I don’t know,
only the cat knows.
What I do know, was that this cat was turning scrawnier day
by day. Its fur became all patchy and it was experiencing hair loss. We knew then, that no one was going to care
about this stray cat. People were afraid
of its exterior (I admit I was stunned when I first encountered it) but a bad
exterior does not mean you should be ostracized, and that was exactly what the
poor cat was facing. It is bad enough
that its eye could no longer see this world; it might even cause more serious
circumstances. This cat definitely does
not deserve to be thrown away or kicked out from the house.
We felt tremendously bad for the poor cat, so we bought some
dry cat food and placed it outside our house every morning. It did eat a little at first but its
movements were eventually slowing down – sometimes, its small body just lies on the side
of the road even though there were cars passing by.
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| Here - my grandma was feeding it with some food |
These couples of days, we no longer see it around. I have no idea where it is, but I just wish
and pray the best for this poor little cat, hopefully it is feeling better now
in a better place.
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On the same note, I know many people in real life are facing
similar issues – just because they don’t look or act normal, they are ostracized
by the society. It hurts me deep inside,
knowing the amount of unspoken pain these people have to go through living each
day, and the only thing on their minds is – how much do I need to change to feel accepted and appreciated?
They change and convert into someone entirely different from
who they really are. Are they really
still living when the person they truly are died during this transition? Is this the happiness they have
been longing for - acceptance into the society by being someone else?
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| So I chanced upon this picture on instagram @thegoodquote and it resonated a lot to how i felt at that time. |
Well, I believe everyone is born unique and special in their
own ways; we are not all molded to be the exact same version of each other. You see, one individual will also have
different sides of himself depending on the people he is with or the mood he is
in. So the question is – who are we to
judge other people when we ourselves are so much different from other
people?
