AN EAGLE KISS....................................................

Freedom and Jeff

 Freedom and I have been together 11 years this summer. 

 She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings.

 Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery,

 it was broken in 4 places.

 She's my baby.

   When Freedom came in she could not stand 

 and both wings were broken. She was 

 emaciated and covered in lice. We made the 

 decision to give her a chance at life, so I took 

 her to the vet's office. From then 

 on, I was always around her. We had her in a 

 huge dog carrier with the top off, and it 

 was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to 

 lay in. I used to sit and talk to her, 

 urging her to live, to fight; and she would lay 

 there looking at me with those big brown eyes. 

 We also had to tube feed her for weeks.

 This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still 

 couldn't stand. It got to the point where the 

 decision was made to euthanize her 

 if she couldn't stand in a week. You know you don't 

 want to cross that line between torture and 

 rehab, and it looked like death was 

 winning. She was going to be put 

 down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in 

 on that Thursday afternoon. I didn't want to go 

 to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't 

 bear the thought of her being euthanized; 

 but I went anyway, and when I walked in everyone 

 was grinning from ear to ear. I went 

 immediately back to her cage; and there she was, 

 standing on her own, a big beautiful 

 eagle. She was ready to live. I was 

 just about in tears by then. That 

 was a very good day. 

 We knew she could never fly, so the director 

 asked me to glove train her.

 I got her used to the glove,

 and then to jesses, and we started

 doing education programs for schools

 in western Washington . 

 We wound up in the newspapers, 

 radio (believe it or not) and some 

 TV. Miracle Pets even did a show 

 about us.

 In the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with 

 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I had stage 3, 

 which is not good (one major organ plus 

 everywhere), so I wound up doing 8 months of 

 chemo. Lost the hair - the whole 

 bit. I missed a lot of work. When I 

 felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey 

 and take Freedom out for walks. Freedom would 

 also come to me in my dreams and help me fight 

 the cancer. This happened time and time again.

 Fast forward to November 2000

 the day after Thanksgiving,

 I went in for my last checkup. 

 I was told that if the cancer was not 

 all gone after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last 

 option was a stem cell transplant. Anyway, they 

 did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for 

 the results. I went in Monday, and I was 

 told that all the cancer was gone.

So the first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and 

 take the big girl out for a walk. It was misty

 and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her 

 up, and we went out front to the top of the 

 hill. I hadn't said a word to 

 Freedom, but somehow she knew. She looked at me 

 and wrapped both

 her wings around me to where I 

 could feel them pressing in on my back 

 (I was engulfed in eagle wings), and she 

 touched my nose with her beak and stared into my 

 eyes, and we just stood there like that 

 for I don't know how long . That was a 

 magic moment. We have been soul mates ever 

 since she came in. This is a very special bird.

 On a side note: I have had people who 

 were sick come up to us when we are out, and 

 Freedom has some kind of hold on 

 them. I once had a guy who was 

 terminal come up to us and

 I let him hold her.

 His knees just about buckled and he 

 swore he could feel her power course through his 

 body. I have so many stories like that..

 I never forget the honor I have of being so close 

 to such a magnificent spirit as 

 Freedom.

Learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.....

This posting and proverb are specially for those ladies who are not in good terms with their loved one.

I'm old, short, not handsome, hot temper at time, prideful, arrogance, and yet my little darling loves me madly because she knows how to see my imperfection perfectly. 

One of my lady client was celebrating her birthday alone yesterday, because she had a quarrel with her home sweetheart. Upon receiving this cartoon from me, all her anger disappeared with her husband.

I sell love....................................

It had been quite sometime that I wrote on my blog, and many of my keen readers were concerned about my well being. Tell you my friends, I'm always on top of the world. Just that lately I am extremely busy, never had I been so fully occupied in my entire life. They said when you grow older, you would be less busy and more time for yourself. Not me! I think I'm still growing up, rather than growing old. Growing up is by choice, while growing old is mandatory.

Believe me, this happened recently to me. In one of my dream world's night, I received a call from A Boss of The Universal G.O.D. Corporation. Out of the million candidates, HE had chosen me to be a recognised Rep for his corporation. The qualified candidate has to have experienced the "Good & Bad" of our earthly lives. A simple person, not rich, not poor either but have all the fun and humour in him. His heart has to be pure and sincere, and the mind must be willing to give unconditionally. It took HIM sixty five years to endorse my qualification.

On the phone, The Boss who spoke so sweet and blissful, melted my heart when HE gracefully announced my appointment with The Universal G.O.D Corporation. As a Rep I am allowed to sell one of their unique product. There is no basic or any financial return of any kind while selling this product but I know the benefits will be tremendous. The product is L.O.V.E. and I have to sell it without discrimination and prejudice, no colour bar, race or faith.

Lately as A Rep for the corporation, I had been moving around acting as counsellor, preacher of love, fun maker, horoscope and palm reader, graphologist, motivator and guest speaker, fund raiser, fate healer, match maker, job seeker for others, entertainer and actor. Most important of all as a father or brother to whoever I met, when I could sell my miracle product, L.O.V.E. to them.

How I wish one day is 48 hours and not 24.

BTW.... If you need my product, please don't hesitate to let me know. I'm just one call or email away. Forgotten to tell you guys, my product is free.

Be Generous.......................................

A thought worth sharing.......

A rich man once asked his priest, "Why does everybody call me stingy when everyone knows that when I die I will leave everything I have to this temple?"

The priest said: "There once was a pig and a cow. The pig was unpopular and the cow was loved by all in the village. This puzzled the pig.

The pig said to the cow: ‘People speak warmly of your good nature and your helpful attitude. They think you are very generous because each day you give them milk, butter and cheese. But how about me? I give them everything I have. I give them the famous sausages, bacon and ham i.e. my entire body. Yet no one likes me. Why is that?’

The priest continued: "Do you know what the cow answered?

The cow said, 'Perhaps it is because I give while I am still living.' 

Sometimes the greatness of a man can be measured not so much by what he does, as by what he doesn't do.

The Cockroach Theory For Self-Developmen​t.....

Is worth sharing, read on please.....

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic  stricken face  and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.

Her reaction was contagious, as everyone  in her group also got panicky.  The lady  finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it  landed on  another lady in the group.

Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. 

The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of  throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.

The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behaviour of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behaviour? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it  near to perfection, without any chaos.

It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the  disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife  that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the  disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.

It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.

More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that  creates chaos in my life.

Lessons learnt from the story:

I understood, I should not react in life.

I should always respond.

The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.

Reactions are  always instinctive whereas responses are always well  thought of, and likely to be just right to save a situation from going  out of hand, to avoid cracks in relationship, to  avoid making decisions in anger, anxiety, stress or in a hurry. 

What's love............

Something worth knowing.....

During the mating season, the female sits on a nesting ring while the males searches the entire beach for the pebbles looking for the smoothest one to present to their chosen female.

Once a pebble has been selected, the male penguins presents the pebble as a token of love to the chosen female and if she takes the pebble and places it on her nest then she has accepted that penguin as her mate.

Love quotes... "Love is not about how much you say, 'I Love You' but how much you prove that its true".

Test how fast is your right brain............

THE  TRICK: FIND THE MAN IN THE COFFEE BEANS: This is  bizarre - after you find the guy - it's so  obvious. Once you  find him - it's embarrassing, and you  think, 'Why didn't I see him immediately?'

Doctors  have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, the right half of  your brain is better developed than most people. If  you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute,  the right half of the brain is developed normally.  If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes,  then the right half of your brain is functioning  slowly and you need to eat more protein. If  you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the  advice is to look for more of this type of exercise  to make that part of the brain stronger!!!

And,  yes, the man is really there!!

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