<p>As kittens we feel it often. All it takes is a wind-blown feather, an unexpected delicacy, or the alluring rush of water and instantly we are caught up in it: Wonderment. Enchantment. Being fully absorbed in the here and now.</p><p>By the time we reach senior status, way beyond the point of being impressed by such trivia, we have become knowing and indifferent. </p><p><br></p><p>But we have lost something, have we not? </p><p><br></p><p>Which begs answers to some intriguing questions. Is it possible to recover the unaffected zest for life which once came to us so naturally? To become un-blas¿Can you and I, dear reader, awaken the kitten within?</p><p><br></p><p>The Dalai Lama''s Cat is confronted by a most unpleasant truth: she is getting old.</p><p><br></p><p>A routine visit to the vet confirms this. But is a future of decrepitude and senior cat biscuits inevitably a cause for despair? As it happens, she soon finds that a startling reminder of life''s transien