CIGARETTE BUTTS AND SENSELESS TANGENTIALITIES

"There's a moment sailors call "slack tide", when the tide is neither going in or coming out but perfectly still.


Two moments frozen in time. 


When all is calm and peaceful. 


The only downside to it is that it passes too quickly.


As much as we might like some things to remain suspended in time,


They never do...


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Man has always been drawn to the sea


But it's an unnatural setting for us, A place of great danger.


Tides, currents, waves, wind - each presenting their own hazards. None of which can be ignored. 


The slightest lapse of judgment can be a mistake you might never recover from.


But a good sailor doesn't fight against these elements. 


A good sailor works with them, using them to his advantage. 


While others, less fortunate, might forever cast adrift often in several pieces.


He always comes home, safely...