I was a hero today... to a life of a little fellow. A baby cat to be exact.

I was driving to work from our house when I saw the kitten in the middle of the road. It was still blind probably a few days old. It didn't move. It was just there crying, for help, I guess. To why it was there I have no clue.

Cars & trucks just passed it by. Boy, only a miracle saved the kitty from getting squished, squashed & flat on the pavement. A common sight around here. God bless their souls :)

So on with my story-- I pulled over about 20 meters from the sight. Still hesitating & waiting for someone to save the poor kitty.

Alas, a 10-wheeler dump truck was coming fast by the curb. I've finally come to my senses & alighted from the car. Running as fast as I can, commanded the truck to stop & got the meowing kitten just at the knick of time. Put her by the sidewalk, by a house with some garden plants and tucked her there. Without getting too attached, left the kitty, "you'll be safe here," I said.

Well, I didn't exactly felt like the man in the blue suit (God bless the man's soul) but at least give the kitten a fighting chance to live and make a difference.

A worldchanger kitty? Maybe.

.postscript

The last time I saved a cat was 2nd year college. I think it's about time...

"Fathers be good to your daughters. Daughters will
love like you do. Girls become lovers, who turn into
mothers. So, mothers be good to your daughters, too."
-- John Mayer from "Daughters", Heavier Things (2003)

"A man has no right to live until he has found something to die for."

Martin Luther King, Jr.