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TALISMAN #54: TSUNAMI SHELL
The Tsunami Shell talisman has the power to help you gain hope in situations of great loss, and come out stronger than before.
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Here’s the inspirational story of the family that not only SURVIVED
the devastating 2004 Tsunami, but THRIVED.
Here I was in a touristy beach town in Sri Lanka, overhearing a few tourists talking about how amazing it was that only ten years after the devastating tsunami, everything was so nice and quickly rebuilt. I knew enough to know that this was only partially true. Yes, in the few tourist enclaves one would hardly know that only 10 years ago nearly everything along the coasts had been destroyed. Although I had not seen it with my own eyes, I had heard that this was not the case along most of this beautiful island’s coast.
The next day I was invited to a barbecue in an isolated hotel on a beach less than 10 km away. I hopped on the local bus that rides along the coastline. ‘Somehow,’ I got off the bus too soon. I decided to walk the rest of the way along the beach. In the far distance, I could see what seemed like the only big building in sight. I was sure it was the hotel I was looking for.
The hotel seemed so far away, but I was happy to be walking along what seemed to be a jungle beach. All along the beach were abandoned homes that had been destroyed by the tsunami. This was the opposite of the touristy beach I had come from. It felt rather isolated, except for a few parents playing with their kids. They waved at me with such joy that it was hard for me to remember the last time I had experienced so much innocence.
One young boy was swinging from from a tree, from a natural liana – a curved up tree vine that naturally formed into a swing. They all spoke very little English, but with their smiles and invitations, I could understand more than was needed.
The elder man asked me where I was from. When I told him I was Italian, much to my surprise he began speaking to me in Italian. He asked me where I was heading. I told him to a barbecue and pointed to the hotel in the far distance.
“Why would I wanna go there,” he exclaimed. “I’ll make you a barbecue that you will never forget.” He told me he’d grill up the freshest and most delicious fish. I thanked him, and told him that I wasn’t really going for the barbecue. I was vegetarian and I was only going to be with some friends. He invited me to his home nonetheless.
When I asked about the destroyed houses, he told me that nearly all the homes had been destroyed by the tsunami and that the government had displaced everyone inland. The reason, they were told, was because it was not safe by the beach. The real reason, he told me, was because the government took advantage of the situation and would assure that one beach at a time, the coastline would be developed for tourism.
He had a different plan. His ancestors, as well as he and his family, had always lived by the beach. He refused the government aid to rebuild inland. In spite of having lost everything, he decided to fix and rebuild his home by the beach. That is where he felt he belonged.
It was a humble home, but with much perseverance he did it. He felt proud and his attitude was reflected in his family. Everyone seemed happy and seemed vibrantly alive in a genuinely captivating way.
I was inspired. I asked him if it was ok to take something from his land. Just a rock or something that would represent his strength, determination and hope. I told him a little bit about my project and that I would launch it into the world in order to inspire other people as well.
He smiled, told me to wait, and then walked away. I was not sure if he had really understood what I had asked.
When he came back, he uncovered from a plastic bag a beautiful shell. “When the tsunami came and devastated everything, I found this shell on the ground in front of my destroyed home.” He told me that the shell was the tsunami, along with the real power to destroy as well as real power to rebuild.
He handed the shell to me and said, “Launch this into the world.” It was clear that he understood much more than I had previously thought.
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