What Gratitude Looks Like

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 10-10-2011, 09:53 PM
Bosoxfan
Guest
Posts: n/a
Default What Gratitude Looks Like

The Villages Florida



WHAT GRATITUDE LOOKS LIKE



Gratitude -
...The Whale... If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spiderweb 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 and 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 as 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. And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.I pass this on to you, my friends, in the same spirit.
  #2  
Old 10-11-2011, 02:29 AM
MSNPA's Avatar
MSNPA MSNPA is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 418
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default

Thank you for posting. This really touched my heart.
__________________
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
The Villages
  #3  
Old 10-11-2011, 07:40 AM
quirky3's Avatar
quirky3 quirky3 is offline
Platinum member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,696
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default You made my day!

Oh my gosh, you made my day!! Thank you so much for posting this!
__________________
"Carpe the heck out of your Diems- with joy!"

"Do no harm" (but take no sh**!)
  #4  
Old 10-11-2011, 10:20 AM
laryb's Avatar
laryb laryb is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Buttonwood, formerly Dartmouth, Ma
Posts: 841
Thanks: 44
Thanked 92 Times in 46 Posts
Default

Thanks Sox Fan! Seeing the picture and reading the text gave us goose bumps!
__________________
"I ain't as good as I once was,
But I'm as good once as I ever was!" Toby Keith
  #5  
Old 10-11-2011, 10:23 AM
2BNTV's Avatar
2BNTV 2BNTV is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 10,712
Thanks: 1
Thanked 133 Times in 60 Posts
Default

You made me feel a lot better today. Thanks for posting this.
__________________
"It doesn't cost "nuttin", to be nice". MOM

I just want to do the right thing! Uncle Joe, (my hero).
  #6  
Old 10-11-2011, 11:53 AM
eweissenbach's Avatar
eweissenbach eweissenbach is offline
Sage
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smithville (Kansas City) Mo./ LaBelle North
Posts: 4,566
Thanks: 112
Thanked 726 Times in 225 Posts
Send a message via AIM to eweissenbach
Default

Bosox, I just noticed your avitar.........I about spit my drink all over my computer!
__________________
Oldcoach Ed
"You cannot direct the wind, but you can adjust the sails" "Be yourself - everyone else is taken"
  #7  
Old 10-11-2011, 12:50 PM
GTTPF's Avatar
GTTPF GTTPF is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: NJ, December TV
Posts: 180
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Thanks sox fan, thanks was a great story, I really like your avatar.
  #8  
Old 10-11-2011, 02:42 PM
Bosoxfan
Guest
Posts: n/a
Default

You're welcome ..I'm glad you all like it!!
  #9  
Old 10-11-2011, 09:43 PM
Bosoxfan
Guest
Posts: n/a
Default

...
  #10  
Old 10-16-2011, 03:15 PM
Pturner's Avatar
Pturner Pturner is offline
Sage
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 7,064
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default

Bosox fan,
Beautiful story and post. Thanks for sharing. It was worth every goosebump and welling tear!
  #11  
Old 10-16-2011, 04:06 PM
lightworker888's Avatar
lightworker888 lightworker888 is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Stratford ON, The Villages
Posts: 927
Thanks: 0
Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
Default Video of Whale rescue

was posted on Youtube. What a great story!!

Here's the link.


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUAUQa8C8zA&feature=related[/ame]


LW888
__________________
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Lao-tzu
Closed Thread

Thread Tools

You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:29 PM.