I’m grateful to have been forgiven + a new friend(s)? via /r/gratitude

Last month, I met a cat at a park I don’t typically go to. I was super excited. I had lost my childhood cat last year, and I hadn’t really bonded with an outside cat before. A few weeks later after initially meeting, I tried to rescue. Botched. Bad. Got a bitten finger out of it, and many ER visits! Now, I feel that anyone would’ve stopped visiting after that, but I felt bad. I didn’t want the cat to think that humans were out to get her, so, I went back.

A month later, now, I go back every week. To socialize. Today was like normal, but a couple came. She immediately went up to them and accepted physical contact with them. I was floored and a little heartbroken because I thought I had really scared her off. But, grace happened. She came up to me while they were there, and allowed me to pet her. I couldn’t believe it. The couple left after a while, and she continued to let me pet her. Trust was rebuilt, in a way?

I’m grateful for grace. I’m grateful that my perspective has changed. Maybe she doesn’t need rescuing. Maybe she just needs some pets and food.

I’m grateful for the couple that came. They feed her every single night, not to gain her, but to commune with her. That taught me so much.

I’m so grateful for tonight.