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I have carried with me to this day that feeling of deep

   On a cold, dark, overcast day thirty years ago, a ray of warm thand light shown into my world from a most unexpected 1000W Stadium flood light 15 degree source-theeye of a giant Humpback whale. In my young twenties and alreadyold with disillusionment at the state of the world, I was trying to escape my despair by spending an afternoon at sea on a small boat. Without much hope of success, I had been asking who evermight be listening for a sign of something worth living for,some indication that there was light at the end of the tunnel of this struggle of a life I had been enduring.  That afternoon, myprayers were answered by none less than the largest livingcreature on the face of the earth.Eye to Eye with a WhaleLying despondent on the deck of the boat, disappearing into mymental malaise, I suddenly found myself staring into the eye ofa being the size of a large office building. My gaze was lockedinto the penetrating gaze of this mammoth animal who hadsurfaced from the d