LIFE IS FASCINATING! PONDER ON IT. WE CANNOT CONTROL THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END. HOWEVER, WE CAN CONTROL THE IN-BETWEEN; THE JOURNEY.

IT IS LIKE BEING ON A SAIL BOAT IN STORMY WEATHER. WHEN THE WEATHER IS BAD AND THE OCEAN IS CHOPPY, YOU REEF THE SAILS IN. YOUR MAIN AIM IS TO KEEP THE SAIL BOAT AFLOAT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE WINDS BLOW YOU OFF COURSE. YOU HAVE THE MAP, COMPASS AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DESTINATION IS. YOU STAY THE COURSE.

WHEN THE STORM SUBSIDES, AND THE OCEAN RETURNS TO CALM, YOU HOIST THE SAILS UP AND WITH THE AID OF THE COMPASS AND MAP; YOU STEER THE SAILBOAT BACK ON COURSE.

LIFE IS SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE WHEN YOU HAVE GOALS, PLANS OR AMBITIONS. MANY PEOPLE DON’T. THEY DON’T PLAN TO FAIL, BUT WILL, IF THEY DON’T HAVE GOALS, PLANS OR AMBITIONS.

SOMETIMES, THEY DO FAIL, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE DIRECTION (LIKE THE WIND BLOWING THE SAILBOAT OFF COURSE). IT IS OK.

START AGAIN. JUST STEER THE SAILBOAT BACK ON COURSE.
RESILIENCE.
NEVER GIVE UP ON LIFE!

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller