I Can Haz Obligations

We all have obligations. This is a horrible fact of life. Many people use your sense of right and wrong to guilt you and manipulate you into things you don't want to do or pay for (eg, church functions, child support). In other words, obligations. These people keep you down, and when you want to get up, they never just slap you down, they're more insidious than that. They use guilt to keep you down.

Exactly like a big, fat, purring, cat that settles on your lap and gets offended when you get up off the couch.

Then when the darkness comes, with its vampire bats, this seemingly harmless kitty joins in the spiritual melée, helping drain you of your precious lifeblood. Bad kitty!

How do you banish this bad kitty from your lap? Shove it off before it settles in!

But how does it get on your lap in the first place? It gets in your lap when you stop for "just a small rest" from following the Tao, or way.

Whenever stray from your Way, you stop focusing on You, and that's when the Big Fat, Purring Cat of Obligation (ObliCat) sees a comfy resting place—your Soul Lap—and it slinks on top of it. When you try to move it and be on your Way, it looks up at you with big, cutesy-wutesy eyes and purrs. Who wants to move that fuzzy-wuzzy, voozhy-woozhy pussykins, right? Then before you know it, you're stuck. And then darkness falls. Then the vampire bats swoosh down on you, but you can't move! And you're saddled by family, work, and charity! Oh, what a world!

But there is hope. Keep moving forward on the road to self-fulfillment. Don't let that kitty slink on to your Soul Lap.

But what if you've stopped for a rest? If there is no ObliCat currently on your Soul Lap, at least sit in a way that is uninviting. For example, if your pastor asks you to teach Sunday School, you might ask him, "How much does it pay?" He won't ask you for anything again! (You can use that when friends ask you to help them move, too! I can tell you I do! LOL!) I do it and no one asks me to do a thing! Just a couple of court orders, but that's all! I am on the Way of Jim! Er, Tao! LOL!

But what if you already have an ObliCat or ObliCats on your Soul Lap? Turn your Soul Lap into a SLap(tm)! SLap 'em off(tm)! They'll hiss at you, swipe at you, and sue you, but once you're done you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

And then you can start back on that Yellow Brick Road to see the Wonderful Wizard of You.

Happy travels!




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