Where Do You Eat Where Do you Sleep......where do you take a shower
How Can Any One Live On A B-b-b-oat?really Lets Get Serious.this Is The Kind Of Bs That I Got From Everyone.i Say Yes ...its A Sacrifice....but Why....thats The Important Question....why Live On A Boat....my Answer Is This....i Love The Ocean And I Like To Travel,so By Living On A boat I Can Combine The Two.its Not For Everyone,,,,you Must Be Ruff And Tuff Especially In The Confines Of A Small Vessel.i Can Also Say This,,,,i Have Met Some Fine Women That Stayed With Me For months....it Was not easy For Them At First But It Got Into Their Blood....now There Is One Woman Who Will Travel With Me Whenever I Am Ready To Go....i Just Have To Keep Reminding Her Not To Put Those..you know those.."things"....in The Head.what A Bloody Mess It Was Indeed.and its like i said before.its like being in a large walk in closet..it only stinks for a little while(and then theres that sneak-aboard thing.....we will all discuss that later....very important)EVEN NOW THAT I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A LARGER VESSEL ALL I GET FROM FAMILY MEMBERS IS DISSAPROVAL,RIDICULE AND SARCASM.THEY KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE AND ARE AFRAID OF MY CAPABILITIES.I AM GETTING THE SAME"YOU'LL NEVER DO IT".LIKE ON THE ARIEL I HAD.SOMEDAY THEY WILL ALL BE VERY PISSED OFF.I AM GOING THRU SOME HARD TIMES NOW AS A CANCER SURVIVOR BUT I HAVE THE SAME "STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS" AS BEFORE.AND I WILL LIVE WHERE EVER THE HELL I GODDAM WANT.
Thoughts to live(aboard) by...
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein
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I've been meaning to get my hands on a copy of Don Casey's book on the "Thoreau approach to cruising", but haven't yet. (When the student is ready, the teacher will come, right? ;))
We, as a society, have been conditioned for years and years - since birth, really - that more, newer "stuff" will make us happy. While that may work great for the corporations who make the stuff, and for the advertising companies whose job it is to sell us that stuff, IMNSHO it does not make us happier. Quite the contrary, in fact. The whole "bigger, better, faster" or "Keeping up with the Joneses" mentality does the opposite, it preaches to us that more is better, while never stating the truth that noone can have it all. That's why our society has a pill for everything, and more pills to "help" "cure" the side effects from those first pills... It's a bad cycle to get caught up in, especially when doing so makes us lose contact with the essence and blessings of a simple life.
Now, how'd this philosophers stone get aboard my boat? Hmmm...
:)
PS - Eric - Get well soon, bud! Glad to hear that you aren't quitting, that you aren't letting it stop you. :) Cancer is so prevalent in the world these days - I've been reading books on the Ayurvedic approach to health lately, it seems to have a lot to offer, approaching the problem holistically instead of just via treatment after detection, as seems to be common. Neat stuff! Takecare, I'll keep you in my prayers. :)