“God can be very remedial in his lessons when you are sailing. He also protects fools and drunks and I am most certainly a fool at the very least. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction and Karma is direct, reciprocity is king on the sea. When I am tempted to be willful and push myself past either my abilities or my energy, I always either hurt myself or break something onboard. This is not a joke. It seems gentle — the sea always does — but it is life or death.” From Godspeed is Between 2.9 and 8 Knots.
After getting into a car accident on the highway today, I looked to find some meaning in the experience. Mark reminded me — on IM from Tanzania — that he knew something that I should read — something that I probably had never read closely even though I had written it.
So, tonight I am going to re-read (or rather read for the first time) something that I wrote a few years ago.
