Nobody said spreading the word or any form of cat rescue and associated work was easy. Sometimes we all need to recharge our batteries and take the fight forward.
The frontline rescue workers have it the worst and my hearts go out to them.
So have do you take stock and renew your engines?
Single focus is part of the answer.
So whether:
1. you volunteer for a national Charity and have to the suffer the idiocy of paid jobsworths often far removed from reality who 'bark' ridiculous orders with monotonous regularity or
2. you have to be nice to members of the public who have got you by the
and who you would like to throttle or
3. You are wondering if your efforts are making a difference (NB I had Des in mind after her upset at fund-raising results the other week). File them away. You live to fight another day.
Here is one of Beanie's inspirations and remedies. It is based on the fact that nothing will defeat the human spirit in adversity - however tough and uncompromising the opposition will be. The attached link is my favourite clip of any film but has a wide ranging message of total and utter defiance in pursuit of an honourable and just cause. It goes way beyond the scene in the film. Try it.
So my link is to a clip from the classic film Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains & Ingrid Bergman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFcQo_duyJU
