January 2003
Dear Friends, I thought I would tell you a little story about something I
was so privileged to experience.
I was in Hawaii over the holidays and was sitting on the beach. There
are a lot of wild birds that hang out on the beach hoping to get food (if
you feed one, look out -- you'll have a flock). One day this little
bird was by me all by itself. I had one of my vegan cherry tarts
(Health Valley) so I broke a tiny piece off and set it on the sand.
The birdie loved it. So I continued to break of little pieces and
brought the bird in closer and closer. To my amazement, the little
birdie flew up and perched on my finger. I wanted to cry. I
think we were both surprised. After this, the bird would eat out
of my hand and hung out with me for a while.
This is the first time in my life I can say that I ever personally saw a
wild bird trust someone enough to perch on their finger. Luckily for
the bird, I wasn't someone that would ever think of hurting it and it
probably sensed that. What a treasure of an experience to be able to
commune with one of God's non-human, wild creatures.
To some this story might seem so simple, but to me it was a little miracle.
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