Untamed Heart
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bell the cat - a daring action
This story is about women who get together to save their village from two tigers who were hanging out a little too close for comfort.
The tigers circled their homes each evening roaring out songs of hunger.
Even though the villagers feared the tigers they honored them as well.
The women believed there was a way to remedy their problem of the lingering
tigers without violence or harm to the tigers or the people.
After much thought, one early morning, two women volunteers slipped away
into the forest to find the tigers. The women had watched the tigers
for a while to know what their habits were, their territory and where
they rested. So, after a short time on their trail they found the two
tigers napping, in the speckled sunlight through the trees, beside a
stream. The women of the village had previously gathered to make very
special necklaces with bells attached. This way the village could hear
the tigers when they approached. After a long search the volunteers found
the tigers napping. Each woman, ever so cautiously and quitely walked,
with the same silence of the tigers at night, over to the large cats,
and each placed the bell necklace she held around the necks of the tigers.
They made sure not to let the bell ring as they placed the necklace around
their large furry necks. Then slowly the women backed off disappearing
into the forest.
Every day after that people of the village gathered to contribute a small
amount of food to the tigers and left it in a space they blessed and
recognized as sacred. From that evening on the two women were honored
for their bravery and wisdom of this daring act to bell the cats.
bell the cat is like these two women; we believe
that there is always a better way to work out situations through communication
and working together as we all share this planet Earth. We've got to
stop violence, hate, prejudist, hunger and war. It takes a daring action
on the part of each one of us to stand up and say no more and to give
of ourselves to make a change. We must place that bell of compassion
around the world and make it a safe place for all who live here.