We have known hundreds of cats since then, some of them just passing through and some of them with us still. And we've learned from each of them far more than they have ever learned from us. We became The Catkin Willow Fund for Stray Cats when financial demands became such that we could no longer finance it all ourselves. And the most important thing we've learned over those years is that cats are perfect. This is important.
Cats are perfect because they are innocent.
Cats are determinate, meaning they were born knowing they are cats. Cats do what cats do. Cats are cats. Cats epitomize their own best selves, their Catness. We humans do not always epitomize our own best selves, our Humanness.