Love Knows No Limits – Christian The Lion
We’ll bet you’ve never seen a pet like the one in the video embedded below in this post.
In 1969, two friends, John Rendall and Ace Berg, purchased a lion. They named him Christian. At the time, this lion cub weighed 35 pounds. He was born in a zoo. The friends raised Christian in their London home. All three hung out in a friend’s furniture shop on the weekends.
Within a year, Christian had grown to 185 Ibs.
Rendall and Berg realized they couldn’t keep him much longer. But, they didn’t know what to do with him. A chance encounter changed that. Two actors from the film Born Free walked into the furniture store.
The actors recommended a conservationist, George Adamson, living in Kenya. Christian was soon in Africa. There he was rehabiliated and released into the wild.
After another year or so, Rendall and Berg decided to visit Christian again. He was now a wild animal. Adamson told them it was doubtful that Christian could be found. No one had seen him in nine months.
The two flew to Kenya, anyway. On the day they landed, Christian appeared outside Adamson’s camp. Somehow, he knew. He waited outside the camp until Rendall and Berg arrived.
This video was taken during their reunion with Christian.
What a story !
What a video !
To see another version of the reunion, click here
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Aloha Heather~
I loved this video and I also cried. I also have cats (4 of them) and I am also a Scorpio. I salute you for handling a Leo man and I salute him even more for handling a Scorpio woman!!!!!!! 🙂
May the two of you always have a blessed and very special relationship.
And~~~~thank you both for all the amazing stuff you are putting out there!!!!
I honor you both!
Happy Birthday Barry!
Hi Heather!
Wow. This video came at exactly the right time for me… Just now as I’m realizing love really is the answer to everything and anything.
Thank you so much for the video and for being part of the great plan – making this world a better and better place! Keep up your wonderful work 🙂
Wishing you, Barry and the little one all the best life has to offer.
Mona
i have seen this video and it did make me cry.
i am happy that you have these wonderful things in your life. it sounds so warm and fuzzy. congrats on the soon to be little person to come into your life. it will be awesome.
with love
Liz tobel
Thank you Heather for sharing, it is a very touching video. And
congratulations on your baby. You sound like you will be a great mom as well as Barry a good dad, which is what this world needs.
The best to you.
Flora
Well Thank YOU HEATHER…………..for the emails and updates that the both of you been sending me I am in gratitude to you and Barry.
I just wanted to say that to the Both of you and I “Really mean It” so thank you for your patience with me …………and cheers and Keep Smiling
Kerry Chow
Congratulations Heather and Barry! the video was spectuacular,and yes, I needed tissues!
thanks,
June
Heather, Thank you so much for sharing that with me! I appreciate it, I needed that!
Stacy Gene
Heather, What a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing this and your very personal thoughts. Quite refreshing.
Rita Rector
Exceptional video, Heather.
Thanks for all that you do. It’s been great watching and learning the many things that you pass on to us. I have used much of what you teach to pass on to my team members. My Network Marketing business is growing and I have been asked to speak at the annual convention this year. Finally, one of my major goals is coming to fruition. I am excited to prepare the Power Point slides in anticipation of my presentation on Aug 14 in the Bahamas.
Many of the inspirational ideas you present have continued to inspire me. Part of you goes with me next week.
With Love and Gratitude,
Thomas Chalmers
Enjoyed the video of Christian the lion…I really wrote to say Happy B’Day to Barry. I hit that mark in October.
Scotty
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I CAN’T SAY ENOUGHT I CAN’T EVEN EXPRESS HOW I FEEL WITH WORDS, I CRIED IN JOY AT THE LOVE I SAW IN THE LION AND INTHE FACES OF JOHN AND ACE. I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULLNESS, IT WAS WONDERFUL. TO TOP IT OFF THAT IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE SONGS. IF I WAS FACE TO FACE WITH YOU TWO, THERE WOULD BE ALOT OF HUGS AND KISSES FROM ME TO YOU. HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. BONNIE PS I WAS TRILLED BY THIS VIDEO
Heather ~~
Thanks so much for sharing Xian’s story. I have fallen in love with this video; I watch it several times a day. It reminds me of the truth that we are all connected. I am always reduced to tears when I see it; it touches my heart.
I hope that many people will be led to donate to the George Adamson Foundation to honor Christian and the the other lions and wildlife. Not to mention the life that Adamson gave to African wildlife until poachers killed him.
Congratulations on your baby! Thank you for sharing your happy news!!
Namaste…gini diane
Dear Heather,
Thank you so much for sharing such intimate feelings with me (and US).? I was totally touched by who you and Barry are? “being” in this world.? You are truly an inspiration to me and it will be amazing to hear about your new little one.? I already know how bright he or she is.? After all, she picked the two of you to be her parents!!
I wanted to add a footnote to the Christian story.? Talk about synchronicity——-
> I received that video about 3 weeks ago and forwarded it to my friends.
> Just this morning,? I read a message from my dear friend Tracy.
> She had seen the story of Christian on the Today Show and Good Morning America.
> Apparently, after Christian and the guys reunited, Christian introduced them to his lion wife,? who greeted them with hugs and kisses too!!!!
At this moment, I am so grateful to be awakening now (although a bit too slowly for my taste) and to have old friends like Tracy and new friends like you in my life.
One more thing,??? HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARRY!?
Fondly,
Betty
Hi Heather,
Thank you for sharing the video and the info about yourself and Barry. I have been following your work together for a few years now and yes, you belong
together. You are both an inspiration to me, and to many many others. All the best for your future and all the best for your expected little one.
Love knows just how to do things!
Best wishes,
Rosemary
Dear Heather Vale
Thank you one million times for this very touching video, my heart is sinking, I like it very much, could you please send it to me as a download link so I can save it and see every day.
please , please , please
Nasser Jaffer
Wow, thanks for all the positive comments. I’m really glad Barry found this video for all of us to be inspired and moved by.
And thank you for the well-wishes for Barry’s birthday and the birth of our upcoming little manifesting master (Nina — the baby is going to be a Scorpio too! Poor Barry!) 😉
Betty — if you’d like to see the footage of Christian introducing his wife, just click the link below the video that says:
“To see another version of the reunion, click here”
Nasser — unfortunately we can’t send you a download link since the video is embedded from YouTube, but feel free to come here and watch it every day!
cheers
Heather
Dear Barry and Heather,
What a miraculous video…yes, it made me cry!
You guys are really special and I’m glad you found each other! Your baby will be very lucky and very special. Congratulations!
Dorothea
Barry & Heather
I’m baaaaaack, after watching Xian the Lion several times today. Thanks to both of you for sharing it. And thank you for being real in sharing your happy news!!
Blessings to all 3 of you and your “fur people”….
Gini Diane
I believe that this video clip was the first meeting in 1971 not the final meeting in 1974. Please read….
“When Rendall and Bourke were informed by Adamson of the successful result in 1971, they travelled to Kenya to pay the visit to Christian that was filmed in the documentary Christian, The Lion at World’s End. According to the documentary, Adamson warned Rendall and Bourke that Christian may not remember them, but the film shows a first cautious lion suddenly leaping onto the two men, wrapping his arms around their shoulders and nuzzling their faces. The documentary also shows the female lions, Mona and Lisa, and a foster cub named Supercub welcoming the two men because of the influence of Christian.
Rendall details a final reunion that occurred in 1974. By this time Christian was successfully defending his own pride, had cubs of his own and was about twice the size he was in the 1971 reunion video.[3] Adamson warned them that it would most likely be a wasted trip as he had not seen Christian’s pride for nine months. However they discovered when they reached Kora that Christian and his pride had returned to Adamson’s compound the day before their arrival.
Rendall describes the visit he, Bourke, and George Adamson made: “We called him and he stood up and started to walk towards us very slowly. Then, as if he had become convinced it was us, he ran towards us, threw himself on to us, knocked us over, knocked George over and hugged us, like he used to, with his paws on our shoulders.”
The reunion lasted until the next morning when everyone went to bed. According to Rendall that was the last anyone saw of Christian.”
Wonderful video reminding us about intricate & dynamic the love & bondig tween humans – showing that is there is a sentient being to be treated with love and respect. Thee animals are our freinds native saying and my own
PS I knew that Aslan was in the world!
Heather – Congratulations on the new baby to soon be born to both you and Barry!!! 😉
It is amazing what life brings our way at times!!
You said something in you message that really hit home w/ me today – the “no pain – no gain” is so true!! But how we have to sacrifice something we love for the greater good, so we can move forward in other areas – I needed that today!!
My love of 10 years – (and how may other lives together???) – just can’t see eye to eye – it has always been an on/off relationship – not one for good health.
But even when you love someone so much and you know it is not the best, you sometimes have to move on to grow!! Thank you that little tidbit that I needed to hear today!! You and Barry inspire me so much!! This movie has made me cry everytime I watched it – animals can be our soul partners – I have 2 dogs that are very much that way!!
Thanks for sharing this movie and for the wonderful note!!!
Have a fabulous Sunday!!
Peace and blessings!!
Donna
Sorry but this story does not add up. Must be fabricated and here is why:
If they bought the cub in 1969 and returned to visit it in 1974 then this MALE lion should have a FULL mane and be way bigger than the one in the video. The one in the video looks like a 2 – 3 year old male.
Cisco, while that’s some pretty interesting “critical thinking” you’re applying to this story, the flawed part of it ( or, at least the part that didn’t cause you to investigate more ) is simply asking yourself:
“Uhmmm, I wonder if the producers of a highly-rated T.V. show, ‘The Today Show,’ did their homework before interviewing Ace and John in front of millions of people.”
Launch the video at the top-right of this page:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25929574/
And as Rosemary pointed out, there were two reunions that brought Christian and the boys back together; 1971 and 1974. This video is apparently from the first one, which puts him at the age you describe.