Never ending voyage
Check out "never ending voyage", a weblog by ocean sailor Henk te Velde. The mast of his trimaran ship broke about a year ago. He stayed cool and waited a few days untill a ship pulled him to the Argentinian shore. There he spended about a year to get his boat fixed. Years ago Henk wanted to sail around Northern Russia, make a north passage. He got stuck in the Russian ice for a long winter with his boat "the Campina" and enjoyed it, learning a lot about the colour white!
Today I received a very nice message from him and I would like to show a part of it here:
"It's the first of october. ---- from Explorersweb.com ----- Yesterday the stock market plummeted 700 points. "We just lost 1,3 Billion," screamed news journalists, "and whose fault is that?!" Today we regained 500 points, yet not a word about whom to credit for the one Billion "profit." Blame is tossed around along with panic -----
But does this all have any meaning ?
Our whole life and our action is based on thoughts. All things are created by thoughts. We all try to reach the other side, where we expect to find clearness. Acting or believing is a matter of insight, not of activity, will or fear. How do we get our minds calm. How do we archieve this. Do I want to archieve this ? And again we are thinking.
Did we look this morning to those beautifull clouds ? The beauty of it, the light of the magnificent clear blue sky, the feeling of something great ? A splendid sunset or an early dawn and the trees full of sounds ? The whispering and movements of the leaves ? Or the earth itself, her depths in the valleys, the greatness of the gigant snow covered mountains standing out against the blue sky ? The seashore, all the way from the dunes towards the horizon ?
Can I listen to the sound of the river, streaming by, without thinking that the sound is made by the river ? Only to listen to the beauty of the sound ?"
