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I Adopted a Cat at 40. Here Are 9 Things She Has Taught Me That Nothing Else Did.

I was not a cat person. I want to be clear about this. I had opinions about cat people — fond ones, mostly — but I occupied a different category: a person who appreciated cats in the abstract and had no plans to have one in my home.

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Then I adopted Wren, and she immediately began dismantling several things I thought I knew.

1. Presence is a skill, not a default. Wren is entirely present in every moment. Not mindfully, not as a practice — simply because that is the only mode available to her.

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