The captain of the boat
lost his way in the middle of the storm. While trying to control the ship and maneuver
to avoid sinking, he started feeling anguish and frustration. The waves became
bigger; the noise of the water hitting the board, like a feather carried by the
wind, almost lead him to despair. But he did not give up and tried harder every
time the waves hit the boat. In his desperate attempts to stay strong and keep
the boat steady, he was unable to hear one of his crew officers yelling at
him.
“Captain, Captain!”
kept yelling officer, while holding on to one of the deck’s bars to avoid
falling off the boat. “Captain, Captain!” insisted the officer. This time while
trying to approach him, a huge wave almost made the boat tip over and the
officer fell and rolled on the deck till he luckily found another rail to hold
on to. After several attempts, the officer finally was able to reach his
fighting, drenched, and tired captain who had started to yell out his
frustrations and thoughts to the raging waves.
“If I am a good hard
working man, why does this happen to me? And I can’t get out of this one? I
have been sailing the open ocean for years to fish the best catch and get
support for my family. Why, why, why?” At that moment his crew officer was able
to grab the captain’s shoulder and make him turn so that the captain could hear
him. “Captain, Captain!” yelled again the officer.
The captain looked at
him furiously for distracting him from his difficult task. “What do you need
officer? Don’t you see I am trying to control the ship and find our way back?”
complained to the captain. His officer kept holding onto the captain and pointed
in the opposite direction, towards the stern. “Captain he replied. “The lighthouse is over there, on the other side. We are going in the wrong direction.”
Thought: In which direction will you decide to go
during a storm in an open ocean?
Was published at The Himalayan Times on 3 Feb 2014
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