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  Most people never live with a nineteen‑year‑old cat. I’ve lived with two. That alone is extraordinary. For a Himalayan, it borders on miraculous. But what astonishes me even more is how two cats could reach the same rare age and inhabit it as if they were living in different universes. Murjan: The Cat Who Filled the Room Murjan, my Turkish Van, was a force of nature from the moment he arrived. He didn’t walk through life — he announced himself through it. At nineteen, weighing less than five pounds after years of lymphoma and three and a half years of chemotherapy, he still: patrolled every room jumped on and off exam tables explored new vet offices like a tourist on holiday demanded his daily leash walk supervised every creature in the house communicated constantly, loudly, and with purpose He was alpha to the end — a cat who refused to surrender even as his body thinned to nothing. He left a footprint everywhere he went, and when he moved, he left a wake. Murjan didn’t age. He...

  LIVE THE QUESTIONS “And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.” --Rilke   “I want right answers-- the clearer, the better.” That was my mantra for half my life. I was born with a curious mind, often asking questions, some annoying. As a student, I studied hard to arrive at the right answers to the most complex questions. That pursuit was rewarded with good grades and career advancement. I climbed the academic ladder. When I aspired to become a priest and entered the seminary, the Catholic Church’s teaching of the one true faith attracted me. As an ordained priest, I relished any opportunity to teach. My parishioners asked me questions of faith, and I gave them the right answers. Teaching at the seminary, I became an adept defender of the Catholic faith. I believed that the Catholic Church expressed the fullness of Christ’s truth, while other religions reflected that Truth imperfectly. I felt a sense of pride and security in knowing and teaching...