[Dialogue] A lecturette on living in your situation

[KroegerD at aol.com]

This was lifted from a book documenting an around-the world voyage on a  
square rigger in the late 1990's.
 
It reminded me a bit of Leo in Journey to the East.
 
First mate speaking to the crew halfway through a circumnavigation on the  
Picton Castle, a 3 mast square-rigger.
 
Fair Wind and Plenty of It—A Modern-Day Tall ship Adventure
 
Rigel Crockett  2005
 

“Listen, we have to do some sucking– up here.  OK?  Though it  may not seem 
like it in the day-to-day grind, this voyage is something  great.  You are 
doing something great.  But I’ve got news for you: You  don’t always gotta love 
it.  Travelling is going to get boring. Your  relationships are going to get 
boring. Life aboard is going to get boring. And  we all have to tolerate 
ridiculous behavior.  That’s all part of the  payment for being here.  
 
You don’t have a lot of Power, sailing before the mast in a  square-rigger.  
But you have this: you chose to be here.  You can  choose to be here. The one 
thing we have power over is how we look at  things.  We have power over how we 
react to things.  How we see the  good in events.  How we get involved.  We 
have power.  We are not  jailed here.  We can decide to stay.  
 
When you’re feeling stress or anger, focus on the ship.  She’s the one  
constant  She keeps us alive.  She keeps us happy.  Remember  there’s a bigness in 
being little.”

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