Used to be, soon after my dIvorce, I didn't want my cats nibbling at my toes. Now, 30 years later, I couldn't do it to my current t. I feel like he has a lot invested in me. He has been trying to show me a way of life that isn't based on fear, but starts from love. It took me a long time to see that. Also, if you look at how quickly a cut or scratch heals, or how a plant grows, you get a sense of how hard it is to kill biology. Life wants to live.