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| Gambar Hiasan. Abu (SPCA cat and me) |
Ugly the cat
Everyone in the apartment complex where I lived knew who Ugly was.
Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love.
The combination of these things combined with a life spent
outside had their effect on Ugly. To start with, he had only one eye and
where the other should have been was a hole. He was also missing his
ear on the same side, his left foot appeared to have been badly broken
at one time, and had healed at an unnatural angle, making him look like
he was always turning the corner.
Ugly would have been a dark gray tabby, striped type, except
for the sores covering his head, neck and even his shoulders. Every time
someone saw Ugly there was the same reaction. "That's one UGLY cat!!!”
All the children were warned not to touch him, the adults
threw rocks at him, hosed him down, squirted him when he tried to come
in their homes, or shut his paws in the door when he would not leave.
Ugly always had the same reaction. If you turned the hose on
him, he would stand there, getting soaked until you gave up and quit. If
you threw things at him, he would curl his lanky body around your feet
in forgiveness.
Whenever he spied children, he would come running, meowing
frantically and bump his head against their hands, begging for their
love. If you picked him up he would immediately begin suckling on your
shirt, earrings, whatever he could find.
One day Ugly shared his love with the neighbor's dogs. They
did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly mauled. I tried to rush to
his aid. By the time I got to where he was laying, it was apparent
Ugly's sad life was almost at an end. As I picked him up and tried to
carry him home, I could hear him wheezing and gasping, and could feel
him struggling. It must be hurting him terribly, I thought.
Then I felt a familiar tugging, sucking sensation on my ear.
Ugly, in so much pain, suffering and obviously dying, was trying to
suckle my ear. I pulled him closer to me, and he bumped the palm of my
hand with his head, then he turned one golden eye towards me, and I
could hear the distinct sound of purring.
Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battled scarred cat was
asking only for a little affection, perhaps some compassion. At that
moment I thought Ugly was the most beautiful, loving creature I had ever
seen. Never once did he try to bite or scratch me, try to get away from
me, or struggle in any way. Ugly just looked up at me completely
trusting in me to relieve his pain.
Ugly died in my arms before I could get inside, but I sat and
held him for a long time afterwards, thinking about how one scarred,
deformed little stray could so alter my opinion about what it means to
have true pureness of spirit, to love so totally and truly.
Ugly taught me more about giving and compassion than a thousand books,
lectures, or talk show specials ever could, and for that I will always
be thankful . He had been scarred on the outside, but I was scarred on
the inside, and it was time for me to move on and learn to love truly
and deeply. To give my total to those I cared for. Many people want to
be richer, more successful, well liked, beautiful, but for me.......
I will always try to be Ugly
عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ
قَالَ
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَمَا كَلْبٌ
يُطِيفُ بِرَكِيَّةٍ قَدْ كَادَ يَقْتُلُهُ الْعَطَشُ إِذْ رَأَتْهُ
بَغِيٌّ مِنْ بَغَايَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَنَزَعَتْ مُوقَهَا فَاسْتَقَتْ
لَهُ بِهِ فَسَقَتْهُ إِيَّاهُ فَغُفِرَ لَهَا بِهِ
Maksudnya
: Rasulullah bersabda: “Pada suatu ketika ada seekor anjing
mengelilingi sebuah sumur, anjing itu hampir mati kehausan. Tiba-tiba
dia terlihat oleh seorang wanita pelacur bani Israel. Maka dibukanya
sepatunya kemudian dicedoknya air dengan sepatunya lalu diberinya minum
anjing yang hampir mati itu. Maka Allah mengampuni dosa-dosa wanita
itu.”
Sesama lah kita kasih mengasihi sesama makhluk. InsyaAllah, besar ganjarannya.
Salam Sayang,
Seorang pramugari. Kerja sebagai pramugari tak semudah yang disangka
tau. Ya, saya pun rasa macam mudah je keje ni. Berpeluang berjumpa face
to face dengan Aini tahun lepas menyedarkan saya bahawa kerja sebagai
pramugari tak semudah yang disangka. Lebih-lebih lagi bagi pramugari
yang menyusukan anaknya!
