Only a few months ago I looked out the sliding glass door in my home and saw something unusual in the lake. No, what I saw was lurking and cruising along its merry way. It was, as you most probably guessed, an alligator. I jumped online to determine if there were a special message in seeing an alligator midday from my living room window.
Alligator Medicine was represented as 50 - Integration. Let me drop my judgments, Accepting life with grace, So that forlorn care and worry Will vanish from my face. Let me integrate each moment, Digesting life with ease, Counting all my experiences As equal opportunities. The powerful gift of Alligator medicine, I discovered, is to fully appreciate and integrate all that life offers. Gators show us the value of thoroughly digesting both the pleasures and pains of life and recognizing the value of any life lesson.
The Medicine Card for alligator asked these questions: Have you been rushing through life and not taking the time to count your victories or to digest your Rites of Passage? If so, it could be time to honor your progress.
This message was perfect for me at the time and became an opportunity to embrace myself and life more fully. I was excited to learn that this month I would be getting a much closer look at alligators and especially, and opportunity to spotlight the Gator Boys.
They are located right here in South Florida and without question, it takes serious skill to do what the Gator Boys do. Paul Bedhard is known for his commanding personality and unmatched skill capturing any-sized gator underwater with his bare hands. And Jimmy Riffle has been gator wrestling since he was 11 years old, giving him the ability to stay quick on his feet and handle dangerous reptiles with ease. Most recently, it was reported that an alligator waddled into Walmart.
