Sunday 7 February 2010

Whale Story

I just came across this piece and had to share it; what a most inspiring and wonderful story.


Whale Story
January 3rd, 2010 by Alice

The story below has been circulated around the internet since it happened in 2005, but I thought it worth re-reading if you have seen it before. I verified it at The San Francisco Chronicle website.

If you read a recent front page story of the SF Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale that had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines.

She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help.
Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her.

They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.
When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.
She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around…she was thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.

May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate
to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled
from the things that are binding you.

http://wideawakeliving.com/wp/

Saturday 6 February 2010

"You can live each day in a world filled with 'problems,' or rise each morning
and embrace a world filled with unseen solutions... eager for you to find
them. The decision is yours...both worlds exist. The one you choose is
the one you will create."
~ Michael McMillan