Life's nurturing lessons

Nurturing care. A kitten in the house is a reminder of both both responsibility and nurturing. He needs regular little meals in a special safe place, he needs to be encuraged to sleep, he needs play time (and more and more and more play time), and he needs to learn life lessons like the oven is hot, you fall down off things you climb up on, and other cats don't like it when you leap on their heads. 

Doesn't that sound like things all of us have to learn and keep practicing?  Eat, sleep, play. Stay safe and be considerate of others.

I'm looking for a balance between keeping him safe, making sure his needs are met, and letting him find his own way. He likes to dash around and play for a time, then come back to cuddle in my arm for a few minutes...just like a toddler, who ventures out, then goes back to mom or dad for reassurance.

I'm reminded there's a balance between holding him safe, and letting him explore. I think that's true for all relationships. Relationship should be two lines that go apart, then come back together, go apart, then come back together. 

Not two lines that cling and twist together nearly as one. Nor two parallel lines that hardly meet.  

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