The importance of listening

<p class=rtejustify><span style=font-size:medium>What is the most effective tool to solve a problem of cohabitation between man and cat? Knowing how to listen.</span></p><p class=rtejustify><span style=font-size:medium>Apart from the obvious need for knowledge of the characteristics of cats and their natural needs, it is essential to know how to open up to participated listening, to those moments of silent sharing with the animal that allow us to perceive his mood, his thoughts, and his emotions. No, I'm not talking about telepathy or some kind of magic that allows us to talk with animals, I'm talking about the simple (however complicated to recognize and, sometimes, to accept) empathic listening skills that we all possess.</span></p><p class=rtejustify><span style=font-size:medium>Have you ever watched your cat play and suddenly feel happy and relaxed? That's exactly it, in that moment you are open to listening, you have opened the channel to let the emotional transmission happen between you and your animal companion, and it is an incredibly precious and often underestimated moment. When you become aware that there is something wrong with your cat, that his behavior has changed, that your cohabitation is no longer serene, or that you seem to no longer understand his needs, stop for a moment and listen: what is he feeling? What are you feeling? You should never be afraid to let emotions emerge (obviously, always respectful of others), beautiful or ugly that they may be, because they are a part of our Being and allow us to live life in a full way. We live in a world where emotions are lived as signs of weakness, as an impediment to the achievement of success. This makes us lose sight of the reality of being human: we are made of emotions. In every moment of our existence we live a specific emotion, of which we can be more or less aware