by Ray Jason
Greta,
You
don’t know me, but we share something in common that is very
special. That something is enormous and powerful and beautiful and
elemental. That something is Mother Ocean.
I
too have spent long periods of time at sea. My longest ocean passage
was 30 days, sailing my little 30 foot boat from Hawaii to San
Francisco. In my case, I was also doing this alone.
So
you have experienced something of extraordinary magnificence. You
have glided – or on difficult days - pounded – across the Wide
Waters. Very few people have ever done this. To be hundreds of
miles from the nearest humans, in the gigantic vastness of the Sea,
can teach a person just how tiny we are compared to the mighty
eco-systems of our watery planet. And looking up at the immense dome
of stars, with the clarity of deep-ocean darkness, reinforces that
lesson in humility even more.