The Whale Whisperer by Madeleine Walker

Author:Madeleine Walker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2011-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

The perfect shell

The sun beat down from the azure sky. Even in the early morning, its power made itself known to all that felt its rays. The soft surf gently lapped at my feet as I paddled in the frothy surge beneath me. Above me the frigate bird, wings outstretched, languidly floated on a thermal that caressed its flight. As the palms waved their salutations, I had to remind myself that this was no fantastical dream that I would be slow to relinquish to the dawn of a cold English morning. I was actually here, marvelling at the scene before me. This tropical wonder that stormed my senses with a sensory overload of joy pervaded my being. I began to observe the shells that crunched beneath my feet and tickled my toes in the shifting sand. I commenced searching aimlessly at first and then with more deliberation, for just the right souvenir to capture the splendour of the island and my brief sojourn in Paradise. I stooped to examine each one that caught my attention, only to discard it for a crack, or some lack of brilliance. This abalone was just a shard of pearlescent light. This little clam had a broken edge. This pattern was not quite uniform enough. Enough! Who was I to judge nature’s perfect imperfections? Who was I to condemn with all my perceived frailties? Like the glorious island sunrise, it dawned on me that I was but a tiny shell on life’s shoreline, to be loved for all my imperfections. Not judged or graded, but to be celebrated, cherished, and revered, as should every living organism on this planet if we but ditch our disdain, jettison our judgmentalism, curb our condemnations, free our spirit, and release our souls, accepting our magnificence, in the glory of creation.

I felt ashamed of my deliberations, but felt that at least I had got the message of what the shells were teaching me! They seemed to hold the energy of the sea like crystals, with their own special power. I drank in all the sights and sounds of my taxi journey to the airport, to capture my memories of that beautiful place. I was so glad that I had spent the whole time on the island, as I mingled with the throng of tourists looking rather worse for wear after their revelries. They had enjoyed themselves in a rather different way, but I was glad that I had been lucky enough to spend such blissful days with some of the world’s most fascinating creatures.

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