If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle,
you would have read about a female humpback whale
who 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 Farralone 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 ...
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, and nudged them,
pushed gently around - she thanked 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 blessed and 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 in the same spirit.
It's a cool story and it's true.
DUCF
