So, life intervenes. That’s life, right? We managed to get a bit of the intrusions of our reality under control today and I just took several deep breaths–we’re having fun, right? Yes.

As I gaze at the birds on the water, listen to the wind in the rigging, and enjoy being surrounded by the traditional, old, and “shippy” Mahdee, I am again reminded of the following insight from Henry David Thoreau:

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.