I got this s an e-mail and had to post it here;
a good thought
A
female humpback whale 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 Faralon Islands
(outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed
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 -- a very dangerous proposition.
One slap of
the
tail could kill a
rescuer.
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, nudged them, and pushed gently,
thanking
them.
Some
said it was the most incredibly beautiful
experience of their lives.
The guy who
cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye
was following him
the
whole
time,
and
he will never be the same.
May you, and
all those you love, be so fortunate...
To be surrounded by people
who
will help you get untangled
from
the things that are binding
you.
And, may you always know the
joy
of
giving and receiving
gratitude.
I
pass this on to you, my friend, in the same
spirit.
Life is short, Break
the rules, Forgive quickly,
Love
truly,
Laugh
uncontrollably...
Never regret anything that
made you smile
A
female humpback whale 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 Faralon Islands
(outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed
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 -- a very dangerous proposition.
One slap of
the
tail could kill a
rescuer.
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, nudged them, and pushed gently,
thanking
them.
Some
said it was the most incredibly beautiful
experience of their lives.
The guy who
cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye
was following him
the
whole
time,
and
he will never be the same.
May you, and
all those you love, be so fortunate...
To be surrounded by people
who
will help you get untangled
from
the things that are binding
you.
And, may you always know the
joy
of
giving and receiving
gratitude.
I
pass this on to you, my friend, in the same
spirit.
Life is short, Break
the rules, Forgive quickly,
Love
truly,
Laugh
uncontrollably...
Never regret anything that
made you smile
