Love Trancends All Boundaries

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Sai ram Everyone,Please allow me to share a story which happened to my family today...A TURTLE NAMED TITO BUDDYThe strangest and most memorable experience happened today to my

family... Some may think it was just a coincidence, but for me, it was

a blessing of love.

 

In the early hours of this morning, as my children were leaving for

school, my daughter found a little tortoise outside our apartment (16th

floors above ground). It was trying to get into the elevator but kept

knocking into the closed doors. The floor beneath it was full of

scratch marks and dirt.

 

My daughter picked it up and quickly ran back into our apartment to get

a plastic container. She filled the container with some water and then

made a small hole on the lid so that the little tortoise would be able

to breathe. And then, off they left for school, with the little

tortoise with them.

 

Needless to say, it was a joyful day for my children as they shared

their little finding with their friends at school. When they came home

at lunchtime, I was very surprised to hear about the excitement of the

morning.

 

My children had grown to love the little tortoise and they named it

'Tito Buddy'. They wanted to keep it but I knew it was not possible

because we did not know how to care for it. We tried to feed it with

some green vegetables but it would not eat anything. I even tried to

google for more information on tortoises but to no avail.

 

Finally, at 5pm, we took Tito Buddy to the only place where other

tortoises could be found on our island.... it is a famous Buddhist

temple called 'Kek Lok Si'. This is a beautiful temple filled with

ancient Chinese murals and carvings, pagodas, and lots of Buddha statues. We spent an hour

touring the place before we finally found the 'Liberation Pond' where

hundreds of tortoises and turtles could be found. It was then we

realized that Tito Buddy was a turtle and not a tortoise!

 

My children spent several minutes saying their goodbyes before my

daughter dropped little Tito Buddy into the pond. As soon as he fell

into the water, several other bigger ones of his kind rushed to

surround him and he disappeared. For five minutes, nothing happened....

and I was beginning to wonder if I had made a mistake by not agreeing

to my children's request to keep him.

 

Suddenly, out popped a little head in the midst of all the bigger

ones... it was Tito Buddy. He looked so cute and clean, so it was easy

for us to spot him. Then, he began swimming all over the pond as if to

say hello to the other turtles around him. He looked so happy and

agile...

 

Then, unexpectedly, he turned back and began to swim towards us. He

even climbed on top of the other turtles to get a closer look of us.

For what seemed like an eternity, he just stared at us as if to say

goodbye... and maybe even thank you... in his own way. After that, he

went back into the water and made his way to his new-found friends.

 

It was not easy to say goodbye to little Tito Buddy... Though he was

with us for only half of the day, he had touched the hearts of my three

children... and mine as well. The look which he gave us before he left

will live in our memories forever. It was a true blessing of love that

transcended all boundaries....

 

Goodbye, little friend...

 

With Sai Love,AdelineVisit

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