Cats are true nap professionals. They sleep more than they live, but they can look exhausted even after sleeping all day. Can they take a nap without someone writing a caption? No. That's why I dedicated this post to sleepy cat memes! Scroll down, time for a cat nap.

Wait, you're not supposed to slee… OK, whatever, sleep anywhere you want. You're too adorable to argue with anyway. 

In their world, every surface is a potential bed, but we'll never understand how they choose their sleeping spots. Our honest reaction is just: ????. How do they define comfort? We never know. What we do know is that, in cat logic, a cardboard box will always beat anything else. Ahhhh, this is premium comfort, hooman. Luxury, king-sized, 5 stars, coziest cushion in the world, would sleep here forever, love it. Thanks, delivery man.  

The Cat Distribution System has many mystical ways to bring the purrfect pawrent and cat into each other's lives. And in this story we get to see how it brought a life saving EMT and a tiny kitten together.

Two souls who are rare to find just walking about town. Yet, when the moment came, they were both right where they needed to be in order to meet each other. That is something that only the Cat Distribution System can do. With its magic it made sure that at the exact moment this EMT would be driving towards a call, this kitten would be in the purrfect spot to be seen crawling in the road without getting smushed.

Sparking the purrfect meet cute and setting in motion a chain of events that bonded the couple and set the tone for what will be an incredibly sweet and wholesome cat-pawrent relationship. So we invite you to step in and get yourselves a good read of this story and have yourself a tissue handy to help mop up the tears of excitement and joy. We are talking big soppy crocodile tears.
 

Who could have asked for a more purrfect birthday gift from the cat distribution system?

This woman was going through a difficult time, but it's times like those where the cat distribution system works in your favor. There's an empathy and meaning behind the system that isn't to be ignored. As they say, the cat distribution system works in mysterious ways. It was her birthday and this sweet boy came to her friend's apartment. She was in the midst of a breakup with one ex, and another one was back in her life in a not-so-nice way. Even with her friend things weren't going so well. She found herself all alone that night, except for the presence of this little animal. She kept him for four days, and brought him to the vet to check for a microchip, but he didn't have one, and he also wasn't fixed. Despite all her hardships, he was still there for her, and he saved her. She immediately formed a bond with him as he purred non-stop and cuddled with her. But alas, she had to give him up to a friend due to her mother's cat allergies. 

Though she doesn't have him as hers anymore, she still thinks of him and misses him everyday. Life doesn't always work out exactly as we planned, but we can still appreciate the little acts of love we've been given. 

Even if you don't celebrate Easter or have any belief in the cosmos having a meaning, it doesn't change the beauty that comes when a little calico cat is found peacefully sitting under a tree on Easter. A happy holiday for this family. 

And she named the calico, Princess Charlotte Eden. She was out running errands and driving home when she spotted the indelible calico under a tree. She was shaking had no pawrent or other cats nearby. The woman went back to the tree to find her family but no more cats came out. She named her Princess Charlotte because the woman's name is Victoria, so she wanted to keep the name in the England Royal Family – Queen Victoria and Princess Charlotte. And she chose Eden because she was sitting under a tree, like as if she was sitting under a tree in the Garden of Eden (and incorporating Easter themes). She says she's not religious, but it was a memorable moment and the best Easter egg she could have found. 

It's almost storybook-like to find a cat sitting under a tree on Easter. She chose to take it home because everything just felt too magical. Easter is already a day tied to renewal, softness, innocence, and new beginnings, and to stumble upon a small, unexpected and abandoned life in the middle of that symbolism makes everything feel so much more meaningful. Read the full story below. 

Keep your eyes open to animals in need, and you may end up saving a life when you least expect it. 

Life as a stray cat is something that we, as owners of very spoiled cats who have everything they could ever need, will never quite understand. We don't know what it is that they go through out there. All that we know is that their life, compared to the lives of our house cats, is insanely difficult. They have to fight for every scrap of food, for every bit of shelter, and basically everything else in their lives. And although some street cats are good at it, maybe even like it, kittens… they are not built for that. 

Kittens get abandoned by their mommas more often thn we would like to think. The runts. The ones who are a little weaker, a little slower. We don't like thinking about it, but that's nature. And that is what this kitty was. She got abandoned, and she found herself having to fight for that food that she needed. Only she wasn't ready for how difficult it would be, and she didn't quite manage to survive on her own. She needed help from us - from humans. 

"Rehoming" is a word that has a meaning. Don't use it if you don't intend to follow through with it.

Rehoming a cat because of a baby has to be one of the most difficult decisions to make. One of our worst nightmares is having a baby who is deathly allergic to cats. So far, that hasn't happened, and we don't know what we will do if it does. So, in some ways, we have sympathy for the woman in this story. In all other ways, we're inclined to think that she's a liar. 

Keep your story straight. That is what we would tell her. At first, she was tossing her cat onto her sister-in-law because she "couldn't handle her right now". Then, it was because her toddler was allergic to cats. First, it was a permanent rehoming of the cat. Then, she returned, demanding the cat back as if it was always the plan for her to do so. Something is off about the whole thing, but the only thing that we know for sure is that the cat seems much happier in his new home than in his old one, and we don't think that a person like this woman is someone who should have any pets at all. 

There's nothing more calming than being around a cat.

Cats didn't set out to be tiny zen masters - but a lot of what they are happens to hit the human nervous system in exactly the right frequency, like a Tibetan singing bowl but with more fur, and even more weird sounds. There's something about cats' energy that is so low and deliberate. They move slowly, stretch a big stretch, settle in the shape of a cinnamon roll, and loaf around all the time. There's no sudden chaos (unless it's 3 AM zoomies). That predictable behavior is so calming to our brains.

Also, did you know that a cat's purr is basically a built-in white noise machine? The purr vibrates in a low and steady frequency range that many people find soothing - the same reason babies fall asleep while the car is driving (but wake up at every red light…). There's even some research-based evidence that those vibrations can reduce stress and promote relaxation. Now that's what we call cat meowgic.

Cats are the purrfect relaxing pets for introverts, offering micro-interactions instead of an extroverted noise. Slow blinks, gentle headbutts, lazy tail flicks - cats communicate in quiet and subtle ways, which avoids the pressure of some social interactions you might have otherwise. Engaging with that naturally slows you down and pulls you into a calmer rhythm that cats absolutely master.

We're not sure if we believe in fate, karma, destiny, or any other concept that alludes to providence. But it's very hard to deny the causes and effects of the CDS on the lives of cats and people who needed each other the most at the very same time.

When we hear of a purrfect match between a cat and a person, our hearts expand. It's always a happy occasion when a person finds their forever feline, or when a cat finds a forever home. But when a cat with a specific need finds the exact human who can provide them exactly that, while the people in question also have a specific need that can be filled by said cats in need - that's some real-life meowgic.

We're not here to debate beliefs, but to provide our own purrspective on the Cat Distribution System, this mysterious thing that cannot be described but is present in so many cat adoption stories that we're having a hard time denying its existence. Especially when it makes even the saddest of situations, like these husband and wife who lost their first pregnancy prematurely, who found the nearest litter of kittens who needed someone to care for them as a parent would. We can't deny the poetry written in real-life situations such as this.

Cats see a mirror and immediately start admiring themselves. 

Cats in front of a mirror act like they've just discovered their own level of pawfection. One second they're walking by, the next they freeze. Hold on. That cat looks incredible. You can see them trying to figure it out, or not really trying at all. Is it another cat or just a very handsome meowdel? Either way, they're not looking away.

They lean in close, nose almost on the glass, like they need a better view. A small head tilt, a stretch, maybe a slow turn to check the full profile. Every move gets copied back perfectly, which only makes it better. It turns into a full purrsonal review and everything checks out.

Some of them really take their time with it. They sit there, staring like they're studying something important. You can almost hear the thoughts. Good whiskers. Strong stance. Solid fluff. This is top-tier cat material and they know it.

Then they just walk off like nothing happened. No reaction, no second thought. But you know that was a full moment. Just a cat admiring its own impawssive self and carrying on with a little extra catfidence.

He was only meant to stay a few months. 

This was only supposed to be temporary. The plan was to foster this little guy for a few months, help manage his diabetes, and get him ready for adoption. A short stop on the way to his forever home.

That didn't last long. He picked his purrson almost right away. He follows them everywhere, room to room, never too far behind. The second they sit or lie down, he's there, climbing into their arms like it's his spot. When they stepped out to grab the mail, he sat by the window and cried until they came back. Even at 2am, he's right there, curled up and staring, completely content just being close.

It's hard to ignore something like that. He's not acting like a cat passing through, he's acting like he already knows where he belongs. After a rough few years, he finally has a place where he feels safe, and he's holding onto it.

Some cats take time to settle. This one didn't. He made the decision quickly, and now it's just a matter of catching up to it. What started as a foster situation is turning into something else, and it feels pretty clear where this is going.

Some cats find their hoomans immediately, others have a longer and more arduous journey to find their furrever home. But both know when they've arrived, because the love you feel from your soul cat will feel unlike any love you've ever felt before.

Not every cat and hooman pair mesh well together. Some cats really like their purrsonal space, and for pawrents who want a snuggly cat, they might feel disappointed that their cat doesn't want their affection. Similarly, we've also heard of cats being rehomed for being too cuddly. Everyone is alllowed to have their own desires for their own pet, but all this to say that finding the pet that fits you isn't as easy as it sounds. 

The unfurtunate reality is that cats are rehomed all the time because they don't end up fitting with their pawrent's lifestyle. Sorsha, our senior black baby below, was rehomed twice before finding her furrever home. But once she found her pawrent, they both knew that it was meant to be. 

"My days home with her are the best. I go to work and wish I could text her asking how her day is going. When I'm home, she follows me everywhere." - Sorsha's hooman

We said above that the love from your soul cat will feel unlike any love you've ever felt before, but that's only true if you've never had a soul connection with an animal before. Sorsha's pawrent had a border collie 20 years ago that was her best friend. She now says that Sorsha reminds her of the love she and her border collie shared, and just like how you know the purrson you want to marry is "the one", we know that Sorsha and her hooman are meant to be together furrever.

Mother Nature nearly claimed this freshly-born litter of kittens, but not when there's a heroic cat-lover on watch!

After their stray mother was scared off by thunder and an electric crackle in the air, these 5 kittens were left to fend for themselves. Barely able to open their beady little eyes and incapable of doing much more than wriggling around their nest, the incoming winter storm wasn't looking hopeful for this brood of kittens. 

Luckily, the Cat Distribution System heard their tiny mews for help, and the CDS immediately dispatched a rescue team to save them: A cat lover and her faithful, friendly doggo. 

It's not every day that cat lovers are given an oppawtunity to be heroes, but when this woman found a clutch of soaking wet, trembling little kittens, she stepped up to the plate. Without hesitation, she scooped the babies up, quickly traipsing around the basement to find a mother who wasn't there. 

She was their new meowther now. 

To go out in the pouring rain to save a little cat from some bad weather isn't just sweet and heartfelt, it's actually good karma. You'll never know the extent of these small actions or how they affect the world until you take a cat home furrever. 

It was November, in the nascence of winter's beginnings, when you can't properly predict the weather. There's a void cat hanging around a job site. This person never saw the cat there before, and then on a particularly cold and rainy day, the void was there. This person couldn't even work knowing that the cat was outside getting rained on. So the person's boss went out in the cold and rain to help catch the cat, and brought it to this person. Then the person begged her husband to let them keep the cat, and he approved! After the vet appointment, they realized this kitten was only 4-5 months old. He was skinny and full of worms, but they got him promptly treated and tested for everything. The married couple actually had a plan to go to a shelter and get a kitty, but that's why the cat distribution system works in mysterious ways. It has a way of knowing you before you know yourself, claiming your space and gifting you a cat from the universe. Enjoy the rest of this special story. 

Living with a feline friend is nothing short of ameowzing, especially when they bring in their entire Very Cat selves out.

Bringing a cat home is a life-changing experience. First-time cat pawrents might not know it, but once they get that adopted cat through the door, they instantly win a lifetime of love, snuggles, laughter, and the best kind of friendship they could ever wish for. Cats are truly such good friends to their humans, it's surprising that only dogs come up with some people who talk about "a man's best friend". Cats should be there, too. We have no doubt about it.

But friendship with a cat is special in its own way. It doesn't quite look the same as the friendship of a dog or another human. Having a cat as a BFF also means you live under the rule of a feline overlord, ruling your house like the king or queen they actually are. Think about it - you adore them like a medieval king, you give them treats like you pay tithe, and you pander to their every need. You even invent songs about them, like a bard spreading the good word through the kingdom's taverns.

But despite this very strange (but loving) relationship we have with our cats, we would never trade it for the world. Because our cats are our world. This is how much they mean to us. And if you have never raised a cat child before, we wholly recommend you do. Go to the shelter that's closest to you and adopt yourself a best friend / house meownarch.

When every day is full of drama and chaos, what we need in our lives more than anything is some kitty cat silliness. 

Listen, it really is this simple sometimes. Yes, we know that everything feels like it's on fire some days right now. We know that going on social media during some moments feels like walking into a burning building. And yet, some things on social media are still important. No, they are impurrtant. Because as much as everything in the world is crazy right now, if there is one thing that you can count on the internet doing right, it's cat memes. 

No matter what is happening, funny cat memes will always be all over the internet. Becuase cats rule. It's that simple. People see these silly feline funnies as an escape from the madness, as a way to tune it all out and focus on things that are pawsitive and simple. It's why we love these memes as much as we do. It's why we never get sick of seeing them on our timelines, even if we have seen the same one countless times. Because cat memes like these, ones that always make you smile, are priceless. 

Being a cat owner is a full-time responsibility. You don't get to drop your cat on a friend for months, disappear, then come back as if nothing happened. 

We always tell people that they should adopt cats if they want to. But we say this with a caveat. We tell them that they need to understand that cats, even though they are known as "easier" pets, are not actually easy. Once you have a cat, you are actually responsible for it. It is not a toy. You have to take your cat to the vet, you have to deal with your cat's weird food preferences, you have to learn your cat's habits and routines to know if something changes that you should be noticing. And if you fall on hard times, then your cat has to be a priority in how you handle things. Because your cat is family. 

We have all the sympathy in the world for the man in this story, because we understand that hard times happen to the best of us. What we cannot accept is the way that he treated his cat and his friend throughout all of this. His mistreatment of the cat actually caused the cat to become sick. 

Smiles abound and summertime starting early, these happy cat memes are sure to perk you up. 

Some days feel heavier than others. There's a real connection between the weather we experience, the amount of sun we see, and our moods. For places that rain more and have less sun, people actually report feeling blue more often. It's not an accident; the sun not only perks up our mood, but it gives us a dose of vitamin D, which is essential for mood. Just like the sun gives us a dose of vitamin D for a good mood, at I Can Has Cheezburger, we also give a dose of happy cat memes for a sunny day full of smiles and good vibes. 

There's something magical about cats. They're pure, they're silly, and they make us feel good without even trying. If you're a cat owner you'll know what we mean, and if you're not then we're sure this list of happy cat memes will make you understand how clean a cat's happiness is. Happy cat memes aren't just funny; they're oddly comforting. A wide-eyed kitten with a goofy grin, a chubby cat basking in a patch of sunlight, or a dramatic "scream face" caught mid-meow can instantly lift your mood. They remind you that life doesn't always have to be serious, that there's beauty in small, ridiculous moments.

We all want something mysterious and magical to happen to us, as if we're the main character of our story. And when this little orange cat followed this woman around in her garden, it happened. 

Imagine peacefully gardening outside your home, not a care in the world as you're amongst lilies and herbs, when you suddenly notice a figure following you around. But it isn't scary or ominous, it's actually the opposite. You turn around to see a skinny, stray, orange kitty who wants to learn a thing of two about green thumb. This woman doesn't hesitate to involve her husband, and the two of them try their best to lure the cat into their warm home with tuna and pets. Read the full story below for all the details. 

What more do you need to make you feel better about life than a collection of cats breaking the rules their pawrents established around the house?

We certainly do not, for with every passing clawminal cat that we get to see we are filled with the calming sensation that comes only by seeing other people's cat children be chaotic. It is a very specific kind of joy that no matter how down you were feeling and no matter for what reason you were feeling down, you will instantly feel better knowing that someone else most definitely has it worse. Because it does not matter how many times you tell a cat no, it does not matter how many times you try to penalize them with less treats, they will always come back to their clawminal ways.

So if you have been feeling a little down on yourself, or just need a pick me up to remind you that life could be worse then you have found yourself in just the right place to perk yourself up.
 

If you thought that buying a house for your future kids refers to hooman kids exclusively then get ready for this feline flavored reimagining of that concept.

Though unlike the traditional version of the housebuying concept, this hooman did not intend on turning her home into a special cat sanctuary for all the cats of her area who needed help. This was undoubtedly the work of the Cat Distribution System who spent countless hours stalking this cat lover until they found the home they wanted to buy for themselves.

The CDS, knowing that this person cannot say no to cats, and if anything has a compulsion for keeping cats, laid in wait for the purrfect moment to strike when this person was least expecting it. Starting her off light with a small colony of 15 outdoor kitties to spay and feed. But like any good over indulgence things quickly got out of hand and before anyone knew what was going on the number of cats grew out of control and a semi-official shelter was born.