Sunday Family Humour 15th May Page 2
Sunday Family Humour 15th May Page 2
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SPECIAL 3 EMOTION JERKERS
THREE UNUSUAL BROTHERS
Thanks to Kara
Take your time with this one.
It has deep meaning on all levels of awareness.
It's a touching story, demonstrating just how much we are conditioned by our parents,
and what we can be like if we can free ourselves of our conditioning.
We do not have to accept this conditioning as part of 'us', unless we want to.
Please enjoy
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They make an unlikely trio, but Baloo the bear,
Leo the lion and Shere Khan the tiger have forged an unusually strong bond.
Considering that they would be mortal enemies if they ever were to meet in the wild,
it is stunning to see their unique and genuine friendship in these intimate pictures.
Rescued eight years ago during a police drug raid in Atlanta,
Georgia, the three friends were only cubs at the time at barely two months old.
They had been kept as status symbol pets by the drug barons.
Delivered to the Noah's Ark Animal Rescue Centre in Locust Grove, Georgia,
the decision was made to keep the youngsters together, because of their budding rapport.
'We could have separated them, but since they came as a kind of family, the zoo decided to keep them together,'
said Diane Smith, assistant director of Noah's Ark.
'To our knowledge, this is the only place where you'll find this combination of animals together.'
Living with the zoo's founders for the past eight years,
Shere Khan, Baloo and Leo have now moved to a purpose-built habitat
where the US public can now witness first hand their touching relationships.
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'We didn't have the money to move them at first,' said Diane.
'Now their habitat is sorted and they have been moved away from the children's zoo areas
where the public couldn't really get a good look.
'It is possible to see Baloo, who is a 1000lb bear,
Shere Khan, a 350lb tiger and Leo, who is also 350lbs,
messing around like brothers.
'They are totally oblivious to the fact that in any other circumstance they would not be friends.'
Handled by Charles and Jama Hedgecoth, the zoo's owners and founders,
the three friendly giants appear to have no comprehension of their animal differences.
'Baloo and Shere Khan are very close,' says Diane.
'That is because they rise early,
and as Leo is a lion, he likes to spend most of the day sleeping.
'It is wonderful and magical to see a giant American Black Bear
put his arm around a Bengal
and then to see the tiger nuzzle up to the bear like a domestic cat.
'When Leo wakes up the three of them mess around for most of the day
before they settle down to some food.'
Surprisingly for three apex predators with the power to kill with a single bite or swipe of their paw,
they are very relaxed around each other.
'They eat, sleep and play together,' said Jama.
'As they treat each other as siblings they will lie on top of each other for heat and simply for affection.
'At the moment they are getting used to their new habitat.
'Shere Khan is being quite reticent about the move,
but Baloo, the bear, is very good at leading him on and making him feel comfortable and safe.'
Explaining that the three 'brothers' have always seemed to share a unique bond,
Charles said: 'Noah's Ark is their home and they could not possibly be separated from each other.
'You just have to remember who you're dealing with when you are with them, though.
'It's when you forget that these fellows are wild animals that you get yourself in trouble.'
The trio's new habitat had to be constructed carefully, in order to accommodate its occupants.
Jama said: 'The clubhouse had to be very sturdy for the guys, because they all sleep in it together,'
She added: 'We had to include a creek, because the tiger and the bear both like to be in water.'
Many would say this is impossible.
It is with the current viewpoint.
Fancy a paddle?
Thanks to Tony H.
The Eskimos lament "Whale meat again - don't know where from nor wen, but I know it's whale meat again"
John and Attitude
Thanks to David H.
John is the kind of guy you love to hate.
He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.
When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply,
'If I were any better, I would be twins!'
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day,
John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him,
'I don't get it!'
'You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'
He replied,
'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today.
You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood
I choose to be in a good mood.'
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim
or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining
or...I can point out the positive side of life.
I choose the positive side of life..
'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.
'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices.
When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice.
You choose how you react to situations.
You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.'
I reflected on what he said..
Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business.
We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident,
falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied,
'If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?'
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied.
'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices:
I could choose to live or....I could choose to die. I chose to live.'
'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked.
He continued, '...the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine.
But when they wheeled me into the ER
and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.
In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.'
'What did you do?' I asked.
'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John.
'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.'
The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.
I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity''
Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live..
Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude....
I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34
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