My childhood friend, Harold Leffel, and I built a sail boat many, many years ago. It sank on its maiden voyage.
I have some friends, Greg and Dave, who sail quite regularly. One of my college professors is an accomplished sailor.
Greg took me out on Eagle Creek reservoir in his boat one day several years ago. I was impressed with how calm it was out on the water. I was also impressed with how much work Greg had to put into making sure that boat went were he wanted it to go.
(BTW. Mentioning "reservoir" reminds me that one of my favorite movies is "Reservoir Dogs." That has nothing to do with the topic of this blog entry.)
My guess is, based on my sailing experience with Greg, that while the picture above looks pleasant enough...serene, even...someone is working harder than you might suspect keeping that sailboat on course.
And, I would like to suggest that just out of range of this picture there are millions of other sailors working hard in their boats...doing the best they can to steer a course toward some near or distant goal...trying not to find themselves at the mercy of the wind, or lack thereof...working hard to not fall victim to a storm-out-on-the-sea.
My guess is, all of us are doing the best we can, and even though we pass as ships in the night, we would do well to recognize the hard work that each of us is doing just to keep our ships afloat.
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