Great read. And I'm more than convinced it is the other way 'round, as you say in the last line. No cat has done half as much for me (except massive amounts of loving, which really SHOULD be one of the most important things around this big ball we call home. So maybe this direction I am traveling is leading to a large 'nevermind'.)
I was going to say, I seem to do more for Stinky the Cat and others that inhabit this area of the world, than they do for me. But one of the advantages of being a human bean, is we can recognize potential 'wrongatude', and change our minds. I think I'm changing mine. My leanings are more towards a mutual back scratching.