Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Broken Turtles…



The picture that you see is one that I took a while ago, when I was taking a walk in my neighborhood. This is not photo-shopped or edited in anyway. It’s what I saw and I had to stop and watch for awhile. I had a bunch of considerations come to my mind when I saw Mr. Turtle:
Who did this to him? Was it on purpose? Was the tape holding him together? What holds you together in life? What kind of tape do you use? If I unwound him, would his shell drop off causing him to be a naked turtle?
Why did they fix him this way? Would a vet have done more? Was this the best they could do? Did the turtle get mad at them? Was it one person who took care of him (is it a him?)? 
Was PETA watching from a bush somewhere to see what I would do? Was a person going to jump out and put me in handcuffs for not rescuing this turtle? Was I on camera? Should I strike a pose?
Should I take him home? Would he bite me? Would my children call him a strange name, like Road Kill, Squishy or Little Bob? Would he die on the way home? Would he taste good in soup (just kidding, PETA).
Would he make it across the street? Should I stay and watch him? Should I run before he chases me? How fast could he possibly run? Does he have a huge mama turtle that’s lurking around the corner that will kick me, Kung Fu Panda style?
Does he hurt still? Should I give him some pain medicine? Would a chewable version work best? 
How does he keep going and not give up? Would I give up if I had to live with tape all around my muscular torso? Is he itchy? Should I give him a quick back scratch? Would he laugh because it tickled? 
What’s his motivation? Does he have a family to feed at home? Is he in the lead of the Music City Turtle Marathon? Is he last? Does slow and steady really win the race? Should I cheer him on? “Turtle, turtle, your the best, your tape looks better than the rest!”
This post has probably given you a pretty good picture of how my mind works. It’s very inquisitive and I often come up with a completely different side of the picture, which I hope helps me understand life and people better. I also think we need to look at the comical side of life to keep life a little lighter.
Lessons Learned: Turtles live a rough life.
Thoughts: Why did a small thing like a turtle send me into this spiral of questions? Do you ever think of crazy questions like this?

29 comments:

  1. Seeing this little guy gives me joy and all those questions cracked me up! I worked at a turtle hospital near Daytona Beach and truly never had all of those questions...this was great. Thanks!

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  2. Thanks for reading...I have a strange way to think through things sometimes...keep the comments coming and enjoy...

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  3. Craig
    Got your comment on our blog gunnysackrace...thanks for checking us out! And passing along how you found us.

    The turtle pic is awesome. I would've stopped too, AND written about it!
    Thanks!
    Jeanne

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  4. Thanks for coming to my blog too - poor little fella...keep stopping in...

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  5. Your mind and mine sound quite similar. Those unanswered questions can be a real killer. 
    Thanks for stopping by and commenting at AssociatePastor.org. I appreciate the comments, and look forward to reading more of Never Fail...

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  6. Love the new connections that are occurring...thanks for the comment and glad that my mind is like other's...keep reading, and commenting...

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  7. Thanks Craig!  What a great picture...binding up the brokenhearted!

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  8. "binding up the brokenturtled..." Thanks for coming by - please come by again and comment some more...

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  9. I think SCL is doing a great job bringing bloggers together.  Glad I visited yours on duct tape turtle day.....will try to remember the lesson learned and never turn into a turtle.  I guess my life is great in comparison since I've never been randomly duct-taped against my will.

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  10. Never been duct taped either...thanks for commenting. Please keep reading.

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  11. That would be a quite perplexing thing to see. Reminds me of the day I took my dog out and looked up to see an Emu just walking down the street... It was odd and I had to get my family to look and prove to me that he was there so I could be sure I wasn't going crazy. :) And I'm always asking myself crazy questions, so I completely understand how your mind took the trip it did.

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  12. Thanks for reading and for the comment...an emu? Really? Wow

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  13. the pic was perplexing however I don't believe that many questions went thru my mind. But it did make me stop and think.

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  14. Thanks for reading and for commenting. Keep reading...enjoy.

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  15. Thanks for stopping by and commenting at my blog. I love the title concept of your blog - good reminder. I don't embrace the gift failure as well as I might.
    On the broken turtle, all your questions raised some new questions for me... What did you do? Did you leave him there? Did you rescue him? Did you find an answer to any of your questions? ...

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  16. Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by. I ended up just letting the turtle walk on towards the creek, without any other answers...

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  17. LOL! Too funny! I would be asking myself if I was dreaming.

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  18. Craig, that was very funny! Even funnier my friend's turtle had to be taped when he fell off her second story balcony.  Apparently it was quite the vet bill..what people will do for their pets! I'm not as inquisitive as you but I do often wonder where people are going when I see them driving on the highway. Thanks for coming by and reading my blog, it's always nice to connect with other bloggers.

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  19. Keep coming by and thanks for commenting.

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  20. That's funny. Why the heck does it have duct tape on it anyway? Did you ever figure it out? Thanks for reading my blog, btw!

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  21. Thanks coming by. I have no idea - I was running too fast from the mama turtle - she had a serious roundhouse "ninja turtle" kick!

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  22. Pretty unique perspective; not sure what my response would've been if I had seen this turtle. Thanks for stopping by my blog though Craig!
    www.atheway.wordpress.com . 

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  23. My brain works in unusual ways. Thank for coming by. Please keep the comments coming.

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  24. Poor little turtle!  I'm sure I'd be thinking the same if I'd found him/her like that too..

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  25. You just missed a great Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference... just sayin' 

    *btw, I found you via SCL :D

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