Garfield the cat is a famous character. The wise cracking, lasagna eating, Monday hating, cat napping cat. I think I missed some of the qualities in there. But anyway….
The life of Garfield is an esoteric one. He eats and sleeps when he wishes. I remember the episode in which he sleeps after eating on a stack of hay. This inspires a sage till then. He feels that someone who can sleep on a hay is at a lot of peace of mind. The sage feels that he has been inadequate in his search for peace by leading a life of ascetic, quickly changes his life to follow that of our protagonist. He also asks his student to do so, who is shown smacking his lips at the sight of his teacher offering him a pastry instead of the usual advice.
In real life this seems so unrealistic yet so desirable. Everyone would like to eat and sleep and rest all the while they can. But then there is a Jon who is behind this luxury laden life of Garfield. Some of us deliberately choose to be Jon, some are forced by circumstances.
Jon’s hard work and love for his pets G & O is undoubtedly leads him to complying to every one of their wishes.
Bottom line is that some of us will need to work hard, but the love for our loved ones should keep us going untiringly.
Vikram
